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...polar opposites for the June 8 runoff. Venture capitalist Anglo Richard Riordan, 62, calls himself "tough enough to turn L.A. around." Liberal Asian-American city councilman Michael Woo, 41, vows to "build a multiethnic coalition." The campaign, predicted University of Southern California pundit Larry Berg, will be "a knock-down drag...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Rough Runoff | 5/3/1993 | See Source »

...straighten things out, including the mayors of Dallas, San Antonio and Corpus Christi. This year Ann Richards, who became the first woman to hold statewide office in Texas in a half-century when she was elected state treasurer in 1982, hoped for the same voter response in her knock-down, drag-out battle for the governorship...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: It's Our Turn | 11/8/1990 | See Source »

...House and a man who has been mentioned as the first black vice presidential nominee, waited to see a videotape of Savage's remarks before declaring them "unacceptable, divisive and bigoted." A private lunchtime meeting last week of the Congressional Black Caucus turned into what one member called "a knock-down, drag-out" on Savage. Said a participant: "I think members are trying to say to him, 'Cool it. Don't continue to try and tear things apart.' " The next day, Savage screened a videotape of his speech and asserted that he had made no anti-Semitic remarks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Fuss over Gus | 4/9/1990 | See Source »

colleagues brace themselves for a knock-down, drag-out battle. -- Hugh Sidey calls on Wright to step aside. -- Are dull politicians the next big trend from California? -- Abbie Hoffman, the antic revolutionary, dies...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Magazine Contents Page Vol. 133 No. 17 APRIL 24, 1989 | 4/24/1989 | See Source »

PUNCHLINE. An inspired Tom Hanks, our reigning master of desperate expediency, steals the show from a coolly expert Sally Field in writer-director David ^ Seltzer's foray into the world of stand-up, knock-down comedy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Critics' Choice: Oct. 17, 1988 | 10/17/1988 | See Source »

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