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...speeches. Author Mark Helprin put words in Dole's mouth that had no business being there, and the only person to benefit was Helprin. He had the simple man from Russell describing "the heart of cities" looking from space "like strings of sparkling diamonds," and alluding to Antaeus, the giant in Greek mythology whose strength was replenished when he touched the ground. Then Dole was trapped by that bridge metaphor. It was hardly out of Dole's mouth before Clinton made it a two-way span, with himself poised at the last exit before the 21st century. Dole meanwhile...
Consider New York Senator Alfonse D'Amato, Dole's campaign co-chairman, who, U.S. officials told TIME, recently held hostage the foreign aid of the African nation of Zimbabwe at the behest of American International Group, an insurance giant that is a major donor to the G.O.P. Since 1990, AIG has given almost $300,000 in "soft money" to Republican Party committees, including $178,000 in this election cycle. An AIG subsidiary, Unity Insurance Co., is the only U.S.-based financial-services firm in Zimbabwe. Since 1987 that country has been demanding that foreign-owned financial companies draft plans...
Although MCI has thrived on its status as underdog to mammoth AT&T, that shoe may no longer fit. MCI shook up the telecommunications industry last week--and just about everyone else too--by acknowledging it was in talks to merge with giant British Telecom. The deal, expected to be announced over this past weekend, is likely to be worth about $22 billion...
Ronald Reagan is now regarded as a giant political figure, a man who won and who retained his popularity by offering a clear ideological message, one of those rare Presidents who run for office not to be somebody but to do something. But back in 1980 he was usually portrayed as a Hollywood simpleton regurgitating lines fed him by speechwriters and media consultants...
Nethercutt will go down in history as the giant slayer of the Republican revolution--the man who unseated Tom Foley, the first House Speaker in 132 years to lose an election. Rewarded with a seat on the Appropriations Committee, he has voted conservatively and authored a term-limits amendment. But thanks to a barrage of Democratic attacks, he's in a tight race with political newcomer Judy Olson. With constituents questioning Nethercutt's zero rating from the League of Conservation Voters, this election just might give the Democrats a chance to steal Foley's seat back...