Word: mates
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...reclaim it -- Republican primaries, write-in campaigns, even lawsuits. Last week, at 71, Hickel found yet another way to pursue his goal: he became the candidate of the Alaskan Independence Party, a fringe group that wants the state to secede from the U.S. Hickel named as his running mate state senator Jack Coghill, 65, who defected from the No. 2 spot on the Republican ticket...
...trait predates his 20 months at the State Department. During the 1988 presidential campaign, Baker labored to keep his fingerprints off the controversial Willie Horton ads, although as campaign manager he was ultimately responsible for their repeated airing. When Bush selected the callow Dan Quayle as his running mate, Baker distanced himself from the choice. When the U.S. invaded Panama last December, Baker was scarcely to be seen. When the Administration was accused of appeasing China after the Beijing massacre, Baker lied publicly about secretive U.S. contacts between high-level Chinese officials and National Security Adviser Brent Scowcroft. In sharp...
Most of us have heard or told the story about a first-year room-mate who got terrifically smashed every weekend, or every night. Or we've told the one about our friend's recent blackout, when (ha ha) he couldn't remember anything about the woman he slept with that night. Or we've smelled the vomit in the communal bathrooms in Matthews, Thayer or Weld...
...Republican side, State Sen. Paul Cellucci of Marlboro is running on an unofficial slate with gubernatorial candidate William F. Weld '66. We support Cellucci for much the same reasons we support his running mate--both are fiscally conservative but progressive on social issues such as abortion...
...Blanchard faced complaints of age and sex discrimination in his treatment of Griffiths, his major Republican opponent, state senate majority leader John Engler, seized the opening to announce that his running mate will be Connie Binsfeld, 66, a bland state senator and antiabortion activist. Blanchard countered by selecting Olivia Maynard, 54, who has been popular with senior citizens as director of the state office of services to the aging, to replace Griffiths. Ever loyal to her party, Griffiths said she will support / Blanchard's re-election. And, presumably, she will continue to inquire about his health...