Word: heir
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...again the man to beat for the Republican presidential nomination. Never mind the whiny voice, the uninspiring message, the utter lack of charisma. New Hampshire demonstrated the power of an experienced, thorough campaign organization, the effectiveness of hard-hitting advertising and the priceless importance of being Ronald Reagan's heir presumptive in the Republican Party. Moreover, Bush has shown that he will not easily fold. For all the cliches about wimpiness, the Vice President does possess the proverbial fire in the belly. "If we learned anything," said Dole Consultant David Keene, "it's that we're going to have...
...flip side of Dole's Iowa victory was Vice President George Bush's defeat. Despite his status as Reagan's heir apparent, the advantages of office and more than $5 million in campaign funds, Bush finished a distant third, with a slim 19% of the vote. Pat Robertson, the former religious broadcaster who has never held public office, stunned the Republican establishment with 25% of the vote and a second-place finish, emerging as a powerful and potentially disruptive force...
...Pont, whose provocative ideas about fundamental change in Social Security and abolition of farm subsidies failed to attract much voter support, announced his withdrawal in a news conference in Wilmington, Delaware. The heir to the chemical-company fortune finished fifth in Iowa and fourth in New Hampshire...
Peter Lovesey's Bertie and the Tinman (Mysterious Press; 212 pages; $15.95) features a first-person amateur detective who is none other than the Prince of Wales, Queen Victoria's son and heir. Lovesey proved himself the world's foremost concocter of latter-day Victoriana in his series of mysteries built around Sergeant Cribb, then echoed the early 20th century in the nostalgic Hollywood story Keystone and the brilliantly plotted thriller The False Inspector Dew. Here he returns to 19th century London and, as always, to a subtle but relentless dissection of Britain's unjust social-class system. The rueful...
Gone now is the pretense that the G.O.P. combatants will abide by Ronald Reagan's cherished Eleventh Commandment: "Thou shalt not speak ill of fellow Republicans." With Iranscam taking some of the air out of his heir-apparent appeal, Bush must continue to prove that he can be a candidate of rough-and- tumble as well as resume. Dole's efforts to project smiling serenity never last long; his style is attack, and sarcasm his weapon. As a result, the race has become a sometimes angry clash of personalities...