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Republicans are not reaching for the panic button because they believe Bush will escape grievous harm unless fears about the economy become reality. Another reason for their calm is that no Democrats are yet rising as serious challengers for 1992. Nate Landow, Democratic Party chairman in Maryland, concedes, "We're certainly more optimistic now, and there are new opportunities. But I'm not sure we know how to exploit them...
...frequently pressured to drop charges. Says Gail Abarbanel, director ! of the rape treatment center at the Santa Monica Hospital Medical Center in California: "A victim seeking redress often finds herself silenced for the sake of the university's athletic success." A classic example occurred in 1983, when University of Maryland basketball coach Lefty Driesell telephoned a coed in an attempt to have her drop an accusation of sexual misconduct against one of his players. Driesell's action drew only a reprimand from the school...
...Maryland's Republican gubernatorial candidate has redefined the term running mate: he proposes his wife Lois for lieutenant governor. He calls her a "very substantive person." She says, "For so many years women have been behind their men. It's time that they be beside them...
...visitor from the Kremlin politely declined to go to Kennebunkport at all, or even to stay overnight at Camp David. The most he would agree to was eight hours of informal talks with Bush there Saturday. Still, the leaders and their aides did shed coats and ties in Maryland, and Gorbachev told a few of the salty jokes that Bush enjoys. The President took Gorbachev on a tour in a golf cart, and later the Soviet leader and his wife, while strolling along, paused to toss a few horseshoes...
...this year's Goal was made by Jenny Walser, who did her best impression of Ed Krayer by whipping a wrist shot by Maryland goalie Jessica Wilk for the tie-breaking, title-clinching score...