Word: houstons
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...aides concede that if he ever slips and delivers a really vicious one- liner, "it's all over." He is always careful. All smiles and congeniality at the Republican debate in Houston last month, Dole was so bland that even George Bush seemed more spirited. Fretful aides blamed themselves -- and one another -- for stressing niceness too hard. But Dole insists the low-key approach was his own. "I wasn't coached at all," he bristles. "My mission was to bury the hatchet...
...real J.R. is back on the skids: the FBI has accused McConnell of masterminding the largest title scam in U.S. banking history. The agency alleges that he and five Houston financiers used property they did not own as collateral to secure more than $162 million worth of loans. A U.S. grand jury has indicted the group in connection with $4.2 million worth of the loans. Meanwhile, the FBI is after McConnell, who has not been seen publicly for six months...
...Bonnie Angelo, Mary Cronin, Margot Hornblower, Jennifer Hull, Eugene Linden, Thomas McCarroll, Jeanne McDowell, Raji Samghabadi Boston: Robert Ajemian, Joelle Attinger, Melissa Ludtke, Lawrence Malkin Chicago: Gavin Scott, Barbara Dolan, Lee Griggs, Harry Kelly, J. Madeleine Nash, Elizabeth Taylor Detroit: B. Russell Leavitt Atlanta: Joseph J. Kane, Don Winbush Houston: Richard Woodbury Miami: Cristina Garcia Los Angeles: Dan Goodgame, Jonathan Beaty, Elaine Dutka, Jon D. Hull, Michael Riley, James Willwerth, Denise Worrell San Francisco: Paul A. Witteman...
...night nervousness: Albert Gore mangled the name of President James Polk, and Bruce Babbitt bobbed and weaved in his chair like a young Muhammad Ali. Last week it was the Republicans' turn to face William Buckley's Firing Line. From the moment the G.O.P. six-pack strode onto the Houston stage, all visual cues suggested that they were indeed different from their Democratic counterparts. They seemed reassuringly familiar, more experienced, older and collectively radiated -- to borrow one of Buckley's Latinisms -- gravitas...
Ideology is only part of the Republican message problem. Despite his forcefulness in Houston, Bush failed to articulate a compelling rationale for his candidacy. Far more glaring was Dole's discomfort with any substantive discussion, save for his mantra-like promises to provide "strong leadership." The danger is that Bush and Dole, in swatting away the far more ideological underdogs, will each be viewed as fitting the description from Henry Adams' 1880 novel, Democracy: "He had . . . a statesmanlike contempt for philosophical politics. He loved power, and he meant to be President. That was enough...