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...says he might kill if he were denied a ticket. He is going in Owner Jack Kent Cooke's jetted and pampered entourage. ''Everybody has a little aggression in them," insists Rowan. "We can all get emotionally involved and get rid of it out on the grass instead of having another bombing contest...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Hog Mania in High Places | 1/23/1984 | See Source »

...nation's mayors; 13.3 percent in state legislatures; about 15 percent of town and council posts; and just one governor. This is where the "gap" truly lies, and this is why it's somewhat premature to consider any American woman for Vice President in '84. When this grass roots "gap" finally starts to close (and it looks like it will close going from right to left), American politics will never be the same, and women will come into their...

Author: By Paul W. Green, | Title: Gender Gaps | 1/16/1984 | See Source »

...youngest Governor in 1978. The legislature appointed an education-standards committee in May, headed by the Governor's wife, Lawyer Hillary Rodham Clinton, which held public meetings across the state and published its preliminary recommendations in September. The Clintons went on the stump together to build up grass-roots support, and the state was saturated with brochures that explained the reforms and urged: "No more excuses. Let's put our kids in first place...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: No More Dragging Up the Rear | 12/26/1983 | See Source »

...Venezuela's sixth free presidential election in 25 years overwhelmingly confirmed that the ele gant presidential residence, La Casona, would be getting a new tenant. By a thumping 8-to-5 margin, voters had ousted the centrist Social Christian Party in favor of the country's strongest grass roots political force, the center-left Action Democratica under its amiable, soft-spoken leader, Jaime Lusinchi, 59. Said an exuberant Lusinchi after the vote...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Venezuela: Carrying On | 12/19/1983 | See Source »

Facing up to the debt crisis will be the sternest test for Lusinchi, a pediatrician who has spent 40 years working for Action Democratica, chiefly as a quiet but effective grass-roots organizer. Though he is a populist by inclination, he will confront the need to administer a stiff dose of austerity after taking office next February...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Venezuela: Carrying On | 12/19/1983 | See Source »

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