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Three years ago, prominent Democrats like Mario Cuomo, Richard Gephardt and Bill Bradley practically blanched any time they were mentioned as potential candidates for the White House. With George Bush universally understood to be unbeatable for re-election -- so much for universal understanding -- going for the Democratic presidential nomination seemed a little like taping a sign to your own back that read, "Kick...
...called baseball "something like a war"; these box-seat philosophers, shot in contemplative, dreamy-eyed closeup, treat it as something like a religion. "Baseball is a beautiful thing," says sportscaster Bob Costas. "The way the field fans out. The choreography of the sport. The pace and rhythm of it." Mario Cuomo, Governor of New York and a ^ former minor leaguer, praises baseball's celebration of community, symbolized by the sacrifice bunt: "Giving yourself up for the good of the whole -- that's Jeremiah, that's thousands of years of wisdom." Political commentator George Will sees the sport as ideally suited...
...Mario Jefferson, celebrated earlier in the week for apprehending the man suspected of attacking civil rights pioneer Rosa Parks, is himself a criminal, according to the FBI. He is charged with taking part in a scheme to steal $65,000 from a bank automatic-teller machine in 1991. The feds recognized Jefferson, 27, in a television interview...
...Godfather, Mario Puzo...
...message from incumbent Governor Mario Cuomo camp's was simpler: "The campaign just won't be the same without Howard," an aide sighed...