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Nevertheless, Hart was counting on a strong second-place showing in New Hampshire. With a swollen pack of journalists trailing him to a shopping mall in West Lebanon and a toxic-waste dump in Londonderry (the crowd at the dump: half a dozen area residents, two police officers and 70 journalists), Hart encouraged the impression that he is in a two-man race for the nomination. Ohio Senator John Glenn, of course, believed and said the same thing for almost a year then, in Iowa, where he counted on finishing second, he staggered in fifth with less than...
Individual candidates have tried to compensate for limited party funds by raising unprecedented amounts for their individual campaigns. Former Vice-President Walter F. Mondale and Sen. John H. Glenn (D-Ohio) lead the pack by a country mile, with each collecting more than twice the contributions of their nearest Democratic rival. Both Mondale and Glenn have raised more money in 1983 than former President Jimmy Carter stockpiled four years before...
...clamor at Zetra follows figure skating like a pack of sequin salesmen, for of all Olympic sports, none is as intensively handicapped-some might say predetermined. The four-year cycle between the Winter Games is spent shaking down a new generation of skaters in annual world championships. By the time the Olympic flame is lit again, a pecking order has been created that places ruthless demands on contenders and newcomers alike. For the favorites, there is the safety of incumbency. Like heavyweight champions, they cannot lose their titles on a draw: they must be beaten. But with that status come...
Former Florida Gov. Reubin O. Askew, who finished close to the back of the pack in Iowa, gave a short U.S. history lesson to students and press at Merrimack College in North Andover, Mass...
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