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...Dump Quayle" strategy. "If Jerry Ford could dump Nelson Rockefeller," says a Baker friend, "why couldn't Bush dump Quayle?" Bush could, of course, but then there would be the residence problem. With both candidates from Texas, a Bush-Baker ticket might be required by the Constitution to forfeit that state's electoral votes. "And besides that," says Robert Strauss, "folks would probably find the whole thing too cute...
Some states run such courses themselves, while others encourage colleges and universities to tailor them to the needs of career changers, who often cannot afford to forfeit full-time income. At the California State University at Dominguez Hills, one-half of the students at the Graduate School of Education are job switchers. One reason: the program provides salaried internships...
...Crimson then fell to James Madison, 25-15. The team was minus Janis, who was nursing a sore back, and had to give up six points for the forfeit. Peckham also put in all of his second-stringers for the bout...
...afford. For some nations the plan would be tantamount to debt forgiveness, which would force banks to write off the loan- loss reserves they have set aside against the possibility of defaults. But countries that have tried to declare moratoriums, like Peru and Brazil, have learned they merely forfeit all chance of fresh credit. Yet another plan, advocated by James Robinson III of American Express, urges creation of an international debt-management authority. The body would buy all outstanding downgraded bank loans. The difference between the loans' current discounts and their face values would be absorbed by the contributors...
Under Pakistani rules, candidates may contest more than one seat to improve their chance of election but must forfeit all but one. The vacant seats are contested later in by elections...