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Needless to say, the university and its environs operate under some pretty strict standards, but they are there to keep us safe and healthy. And hey, if you’re worried about getting hot and heavy with a not-so-healthy mate, be sure to stop by your local movie theater or motel: city law requires that they have coin-op condom vending machines...
George W. Bush's choice of Dick Cheney as his running mate defied the usual calculus of vice-presidential selection: a retired Cabinet Secretary from a state with just three electoral votes plus a charisma deficit didn't appear to equal a brilliant electoral strategy. But Cheney, it turned out, seemed to compensate for Bush's perceived weaknesses. Though only 5 1/2 years older than Bush, he added an air of experience and wisdom to a candidate who was only in his sixth year of politics...
...Clampitt to up his odds. "The way I see it, it's a numbers game," he says. "Women today don't need a man financially. And I don't need someone to dress me, fix my house or cook for me. What we're looking for is a soul mate. If I get up to bat a lot, maybe one of these days...
...SALVADOR LAUREL, 75, former Philippine Vice President who helped topple Ferdinand Marcos by deciding not to run for the presidency in 1986, which would have split the opposition challenge to the strongman; in San Francisco. Instead, Laurel, who came from a prominent political clan, became Corazon Aquino's running mate. After Marcos tried to rig the elections and was forced into exile, Laurel served as Aquino's Vice President from...
...fact that he's the only candidate who has ever balanced a budget. But while he promises to do the same in Washington, he has yet to explain how he would pull it off, particularly if faced with a Republican Congress. Kerry long ago made his resume his running mate, but his legislative accomplishments are not plentiful, and his experience in the Senate has taken a toll on his persona. Where Dean denounces the ways of Washington, Kerry honors them; he dwells on the commissions he has chaired and the bills he has sponsored as his way of explaining what...