Word: raced
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Instead, the caucuses gave definition and interest to a race seriously lacking in either. The Republican voters focused the race on three men--Vice President Bush, Sen. Robert Dole (R.-Kan.), and former evangelist Marion "Pat" Robertson. By demonstrating that the rest of the pack couldn't gather many delegates, the Iowa caucus at least condensed the crowd to the candidates with the greatest popular support...
...caucus voters of Iowa dealt a harsh blow to Republican Vice President George Bush's campaign, but did little to alter the Democratic nomination race, Harvard political experts said last night...
With Sen. Robert Dole (R-Ka.) and former television evangelist Pat Robertson finishing first and second, respectively, in the Republican race, the experts agreed that the Vice President needs a powerful showing in New Hampshire to keep up with his opponents...
...Democratic race, Harvard experts said that Rep. Richard Gephardt's (D.-Mo.) victory boosted his candidacy for now but did not doom the runners-up, Sen. Paul Simon (D.-III.) and Massachusetts Gov. Michael S. Dukakis, who each gathered momentum yesterday for next week's New Hampshire primary...
...Gephardt has a big advantage in Iowa, because that's Gephardt country, so to speak," Kilson said. "That's an `Iowa-limited' event, and Gephardt has a different race ahead of him when he comes to the primaries in the East and South...