Word: hortons
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...national Republican leadership, which strongly repudiates him but now finds many of its most effective themes tainted by the ex-Klansman's use of them. In the 1992 presidential campaign, George Bush may find it dangerous to blast affirmative action and racial quotas -- much less run Willie Horton-style ads -- now that Duke has catapulted to national prominence under a Republican banner...
Bush carefully studied the leadership style of Ronald Reagan, which was to keep a public amiability while having a wrecking crew ready in the boiler room. Bush has had his political roughnecks, like Roger Ailes and the late Lee Atwater, who played the Willie Horton race card in the 1988 campaign. "I can't imagine this campaign will be that tough," muses a White House tactician. "But we will be ready...
...stereotypes this time. No Cosby, Oprah, Willie Horton, Michael Jackson, Michael Jordan, Jesse Jackson. The black nominee was a conservative, not a predictable character with a predictable party line. What's this? Blacks are different from one another? Think different thoughts? Men and women, of whatever race, could not begin to search for the truth in the case without looking into themselves...
This month the gladiators are hitting the road for a 100-city cross-country ; tour in which local jocks will have a chance to take on the titans. "The main attraction of Gladiators is that you can come down and be in the show," says Michael Horton, who portrays the gladiator team leader Gemini. "We give the everyday blue-collar person who's kept himself or herself in shape a chance to show what he or she can do." So far, 25,000 have tried out for the television show, and legions more are expected to compete for a slot...
...David-and-Goliath aspects of the competition. New gladiators with backgrounds as professional football players and Olympic competitors were hired. The costumes were redesigned for a sportier look. And, most important, both gladiators and contenders were directed to play for real. "It's now pure competition," says Horton, a former lineman with the Philadelphia Eagles and Boston Patriots who is the only one of the gladiators from the original pilot still with the show. The authenticity of the competition is driven home by the injuries among gladiators as well as contenders. "We've had broken collar bones, torn up knees...