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...candidacies. As the Democratic race heated up, various bureau chiefs were enlisted: Jordan Bonfante zeroed in on Jerry Brown's campaign, Jon Hull tracked Bob Kerrey, and Sam Allis followed Paul Tsongas, while Michael Riley scrutinized Clinton's Arkansas record. In Washington, correspondent Nancy Traver kept tabs on Tom Harkin...
...against those who are blind, deaf, mentally retarded, hiv positive, physically impaired or have cancer or epilepsy, is designed to help more than 10 million Americans move into the mainstream of the working world. "This is the 20th century Emancipation Proclamation for people with disabilities," says Iowa Senator Tom Harkin, the law's chief sponsor...
...Harkin (D-Iowa) received $1500 in Harvard support despite his March exit from the race--including $500 from Biochemistry Professor Emeritus John T. Edsall. Former Massachusetts Sen. Paul E. Tsongas received only single $300 gift from a Harvard employee. And Sen. Bob Kerrey (D-Neb.) took in $500, including a $250 contribution from Tyler Professor of Constitutional Law Laurence H. Tribe...
...recession was so much more than a recession. It was a national mentality. It gave meaning to American politics and drove popular culture. From Tom Harkin's government works projects ideas to popular support for tax cuts (and even throwing out the weighty tax system), the recession was not limited to being a small, temporary downturn in the business cycle. God no! It was the fucking Great Depression all over again. It was Heaven's judgement on the United States. Government was supposed to stop everything and end the recession--no, not the recession: the RECESSION...
...Washington lawyer Marc Miller, author of Politicians and Their Spouses' Careers. "If you dice her practice up into any finer points, it severely limits her opportunities to do what she is eminently qualified to do. It means we don't want wives tiptoeing anywhere near public life." Lawyer Ruth Harkin, wife of Senator Tom Harkin, agrees: "Men don't get this scrutiny, because it is assumed they deserve their success, but somehow a wife doesn...