Word: gore
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...Gore '69, at the Democratic National Convention, waged the war against tobacco, using his sister's death from lung cancer to illustrate the point. But Gore didn't tell you that he accepted money from tobacco companies for two years after his sister's death while delivering speeches in his home state espousing tobacco as the economic pride of Tennessee. Gore later explained that it took him two years to fully appreciate the impact of his sister's death and realize he must oppose tobacco...
...Gore, Kennedy, Kerry to Host Rally in Fanueil Hall Tomorrow...
Vice President Al Gore '69 will host one of the final rallies of the election campaign in Fanueil Hall tomorrow at 12 p.m. Gore will be joined at the rally by Sen. Edward M. Kennedy '54-'56 and Sen. John F. Kerry (D-Mass.), who is facing a tough re-election campaign against Gov. William F. Weld...
...union's target list is Arizona's 6th District, which stretches from the Phoenix suburbs north to the Utah border. Representative J.D. Hayworth, a former college football player and sportscaster, is locked in a tight race with Steve Owens, a former aide to then Senator Al Gore. The AFL-CIO has spent nearly $2 million on a television advertising blitz and organizing a grassroots campaign against Hayworth, who voted against a minimum wage increase, and backs the GOP positions on Medicare and student loans. "This is the showcase race for the AFL-CIO," reports TIME's Richard Woodbury. "They have...
Peace in the Middle East and Bosnia may be elusive, but the Clinton Administration has brokered a sensitive cease-fire in Louisiana. Vice President Al Gore flew to Baton Rouge last Friday to preside over the reconciliation of two Democrats: Senate candidate Mary Landrieu and Congressman Cleo Fields, the state's leading black politician. The Gore intervention might seem like an awful lot of White House muscle to settle a neighborhood brawl. But the stakes are high in Louisiana's closely contested Senate race, which pits Landrieu against conservative Republican Louis ("Woody") Jenkins. When Fields finally endorsed Landrieu last week...