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...last year he seriously considered it. But he says he couldn't imagine spending most of his time "having cocktails with people who want to explain the obvious, or tell me how what's good for them is good for the country, and I have to smile and nod because now I'm just another politician who needs their money...
...there are the politicians. The two parties' conventions were virtuefests, four-day parades of people conspicuously devoted to their families. Bob Dole vowed to revive "old values," and Bill Clinton vowed to "protect our values." Even presidential adviser Dick Morris, while drowning in a prostitution scandal, managed the obligatory nod to virtue. His parting statement embraced Clinton's vision of an America of "opportunity and"--yes--"responsibility." (Morris may be a candidate for the Charlie Sheen recovery program...
Since Monahan is an elected official and Trumbull is simply a party activist, state party leaders gave the nod to the Belmont resident...
...unexpected clocking that knocked 1.6 sec. off her own world record. Her time in the 800-free victory that followed was a mere Olympic record of 8:20.20--3 sec. short of the world record that she had set some months earlier. It was worth little more than a nod. Janet had taken care of business, but gee, better luck next time. And indeed in 1989, in Tokyo, she did lower her 800-free world record...
Expect at least one of those backs to move up to the midfield, then, perhaps freshman Stacey DiCicco. Finally, at goal, freshman Laura Stillman has the early nod...