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...before we start listening to pundits pining, "Mario, Mario wherefore art thou Mario," we should be thankful that this year's presidential race may allow us to return to the days when anyone, even pimply-face youths, can dream of becoming president...

Author: By Jonathan M. Moses, | Title: The Myth of Being Presidential | 3/3/1988 | See Source »

...candidate is likely to win a delegate majority before the primary and caucus season ends in June. But that does not necessarily mean a modern-day version of a brokered convention, where a cabal of Democratic leaders finally gather under NO SMOKING signs to award the nomination to Mario Cuomo...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Democrats: A Bartered Nomination? | 2/29/1988 | See Source »

...coupled with drastic price increases, left many of the country's 3.3 million citizens baffled and worried about their purchasing power. A gallon of gas that used to cost the equivalent of 16 cents, for example, now costs $1.50. Explaining the decision to change the currency last week, Economist Mario Arana declared, "Things were so grave that we had to do something. The question was whether to make it a shock or a gradual adjustment. We decided on a shock...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nicaragua Lights Out in Managua | 2/29/1988 | See Source »

Advice from the sidelines. As the contest between Bush and Dole turned nasty, Mario Cuomo told Democratic National Chairman Paul Kirk: "Tell your candidates to go out on the stage and stand there holding hands and humming The Star-Spangled Banner. Hum it -- don't sing it, because then they would have to open their lips...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: On The Grapevine | 2/29/1988 | See Source »

...please," the speech coach urged. Deliberately, the candidate read on. After a while the coach tried a different approach. "Get mad," she said. "Can't you get mad?" Finally Dukakis had had enough. The voters, he declared, would have to take him as he is. "Look, I'm not Mario," he said defensively, referring to New York's demonstrative Governor Cuomo. "This just...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Man Who Seals Off Emotion | 2/29/1988 | See Source »

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