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...NEVADA...
Though it may be Perot country, Mother Nature did little to draw people to this desert valley, providing almost no water and no arable land. But when people began to scratch below the surface, they discovered there was a reason to move to Nevada: silver. Miners came in the mid-1800s, and visions of a different kind of silver drew even more speculators when casinos began to open in the 1960s. Nevada is traditionally Democratic, but an influx of newcomers in the 1980s has given Republicans a foothold here. But however inhospitable the Sagebrush State may be to farmers...
BORN: Oct. 7, 1942, Anaheim, Calif. EDUCATION: U of Nevada at Las Vegas, B.S., 1969 FAMILY: Wife, Mary Hausch; three children RELIGION: Roman Catholic MILITARY: Army Reserve, 1962 OCCUPATION: Insurance executive; bookstore owner POLITICAL CAREER: Nevada Assembly, 1983-87; Nevada Senate, 1987- ADDRESS: 1222 South Maryland Parkway, Las Vegas...
...began jumping the line and forcing their way into an already claustrophic mass. Senior White House aide George Stephanopoulos burst out laughing when, making his way through the chaos, he spotted a fuming magazine photographer being frisked by Secret Security at the front door. Said one exasperated delegate from Nevada: "Hillary Clinton would never let them do it like this. Somebody ought to be fired!" Hold on, there. Wasn't there some trouble last time somebody suggested something like that? - Janice Castro
...began jumping the line and forcing their way into an already claustrophic mass. Senior White House aide George Stephanopoulos burst out laughing when, making his way through the chaos, he spotted a fuming magazine photographer being frisked by Secret Security at the front door. Said one exasperated delegate from Nevada: "Hillary Clinton would never let them do it like this. Somebody ought to be fired!" Hold on, there. Wasn't there some trouble last time somebody suggested something like that? - Janice Castro