Search Details

Word: perots (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first (reverse)


Usage:

...three major presidential candidates (Bill Clinton and Ross Perot) changed their names early in life. Which of the following U.S. Presidents changed their names...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Campaign Quiz | 11/9/1992 | See Source »

...citing Scott Barnes as a key source for his bizarre dirty-tricks charges, Ross Perot described him as a former "contract employee for the CIA." That's an exaggeration. But if Perot is confused about Barnes' real identity, so is Barnes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Consider The Source | 11/9/1992 | See Source »

Barnes now claims that he taped conversations with a former top defense official seeking damaging information on Perot. The only sign that there may be something to Barnes' charge is Bush campaign counsel Bobby Burchfield's refusal to say whether the ex-official is associated with the election effort...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Consider The Source | 11/9/1992 | See Source »

Barnes' links with Perot are equally murky. On July 1, Perot told a Senate committee in a secret deposition that the two men had never met, but said Barnes called him once or twice a year. Then, on Aug. 5, Perot's security guards caught Barnes in the billionaire's Dallas headquarters after hours. According to Perot, Barnes said the Republicans had hired him to wiretap the Texan's computers and ruin Perot financially so he could not run again. "Maybe it doesn't make sense," Perot said when asked why he had not made these charges public until...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Consider The Source | 11/9/1992 | See Source »

...final tally gave Clinton 32 states and theDistrict of Columbia, totaling 370 electoralvotes. Bush took 18 states for 168 electoralvotes. Clinton garnered 43 percent of the popularvote, Bush 38 percent and Perot 19 percent...

Author: By Brian D. Ellison, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Leaders Pledge To Help Clinton | 11/5/1992 | See Source »

Previous | 201 | 202 | 203 | 204 | 205 | 206 | 207 | 208 | 209 | 210 | 211 | 212 | 213 | 214 | 215 | 216 | 217 | 218 | 219 | 220 | 221 | Next