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...Ruth Harkin...
...students engaged in open discussion with Director of the White House Office of National Service Eli Segal, Secretary of Education Richard Riley and Sens. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) and Harris Wofford (D-Penn...
...Harkin and Wofford said although the package passed through the House of Representatives unscathed, it would face much more difficulty in the Senate, Zindler said. The senators urged students to lobby for the legislation and to write to their senators...
...gone. But Bill Clinton's plans for the country, though they come from a man who seems to have the right priorities, are sometimes wildly optimistic (his projections for economic growth) and sometimes just plain wrong (his inexplicable penchant for the death penalty). Clearly, Bill Clinton is no Tom Harkin, and he's no Mario Cuomo. But he's no George Bush either. And that's why we should be celebrating. Bill has proven himself as a leader who has both principles and political skills. That combination--together with a Democratic Congress newly invigorated with women and minorities--should give...
Persistence was joined to a stern self-control. Under constant fire, Clinton kept his cool. Throughout the seemingly endless campaign he lost his temper only occasionally, such as the time during the early primaries when Clinton received a false report that Jesse Jackson had endorsed his rival Tom Harkin and went ballistic into an open microphone. Most of the time, Clinton remained ever affable and was never distracted from hammering home, over and over again, the same message: The nation demands change, and I'm the candidate with a plan to produce it. Or, in the now famous wording...