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...must say that the idea of tourists cupping their hands on my windows, to see a "Harvard Student's Room," whatever that means, was quaint for the first few days. A dorm-mate from Corning, New York, birthplace of Timothy A. Plerhoples '00 and Corning-ware, said all the tourists reminded him of home. In the unsure time of move-in day, tourists, who turned out not to be "somebody's parents," walked the halls, snapping pictures and asking questions...
Republicans, on the other hand, said that Kemp proved his worth as a strong running mate for GOP nominee Robert J. Dole...
...perception that he wants to go to Washington because he's bored on Beacon Hill. "Right now, the fights that matter most...are in another arena--Congress," he said when he announced in November 1995. He was still happy then to declare himself Newt Gingrich's "ideological soul mate," a statement Kerry highlights every chance he gets. Weld counters by trying to tag Kerry as a liberal, as if that were a deadly liability in a state whose other Senator is Ted Kennedy. The Governor has hit his opponent hard for voting to protect disability payments to drug and alcohol...
...appropriate title, probably, is first mate," she said to a rousing round of applause from the audience...
...Nixon, Agnew was not granted tragic hero status, primarily because he had nowhere to fall from. Although Agnew had rapidly risen from obscurity to national prominence like Nixon, his ascent was never considered a mark of political acumen or leadership skill. In fact, his selection as Nixon's running mate has been primarily attributed to his bitter outburst at Baltimore's black leaders and to the machinations of South Carolina Senator Strom Thurmond. In his outburst, Agnew blamed Stokely Carmichael's presence in Baltimore for the riots in the wake of Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination. Such lunacy...