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...Joseph P. Kennedy II (D-Brighton) and U.S. Sen. Edward M. Kennedy '54-'56 (D-Mass), the jackpot seems to lie in Las Vegas and Puerto Rico, where cocktail parties and hotel-hopping this year have helped to fatten their campaign piggy-banks...
People who don't know a Lutz from a spread eagle know that Kerrigan won the money jackpot. Already comfortable from endorsements, she adds major deals with Disney and Ray-Ban and is poring over offers from cosmetics makers, toy companies and bedding outfits. Reebok and Seiko, who had the wit to sign her up before she became a household name, have intensified their wooing. The former outfitted her family with Norway-proof togs; the latter held a dinner in her honor in the farmhouse near Oslo where the Israelis and Palestinians held their secret peace talks...
...Biggest Jackpot...
There is also the copycat factor. Blundering though they were, the World Trade Center bombers still hit what for terrorists is the jackpot: headlines. Big, bold, worldwide headlines, which might well tempt other groups to think they could achieve the same results, call attention to their cause -- and, if they operated with a modicum more intelligence than those bombers, even escape uncaught...
Dartmouth wide receiver senior Matt Brzica--who was Ivy Sophomore of the Year himself as a quarterback before losing his job to Jackpot Jay--is more succinct in assessing his teammate's ability...