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FLORIDA: Lawton Chiles, 64, is another larger-than-life pol under pressure from a Bush scion (Jeb, 41). But unlike Richards, Chiles has had crucial help from a highly placed official -- Fidel Castro. Until refugee Cubans began braving the Florida Straits in early August, the folksy, eccentric Governor looked vulnerable to Bush's claims that he was out of touch with Florida's economic interests. By month's end, however, he was Florida's Horatius at the immigration bridge, prevailing upon a reluctant Clinton to intern at Guantanamo those rafters plucked from the sea. Almost overnight, Chiles commandeered Florida...
...Foley is a pol who seems to have overstayed his welcome. Beyond the contentious issue of term limits, Foley is a highly visible spear carrier for an unpopular President. He is closely -- though sometimes unfairly -- identified in voters' minds with the Administration's controversial agenda, particularly with gun control. Through 15 terms in Congress, Foley has consistently resisted gun-control legislation. In August, however, he voted for Clinton's crime bill, which included a ban on 19 kinds of assault weapons. As a result, Foley incurred the wrath of the National Rifle Association, which responded with a massive mailing...
Louisiana's Master Pol Quits...
...priceless gifts when it comes to getting legislation passed. The 18-term Congressman is one of the last Preston Sturges / characters in the House, a man with the face of a football coach and the guttural laugh of a guy who knows and enjoys the ways of an old pol. Since becoming chairman in 1981 of Ways and Means, which writes most tax legislation, he has seen the word powerful appear before his name so often it must seem like part of the spelling. But he used the power to take on tough issues, as when he insisted...
Most cities are stories, continuing narratives that have to be learned and experienced to be appreciated. Here, you can't get away from it; every other building was once inhabited by a literary giant, a Puritan elder and an Irish pol. Today, their descendants live there--John Updike, Bill Weld and Billy Bulger--sharing the city with newer Bostonians to different ethnicities...