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...Newsweek that he had asked his father about adultery and had been told that "the answer to the Big A question is N.O." That blanket denial put the issue to rest during the last campaign. But questions about Clinton's alleged infidelity, which have become something of a humorous refrain in the Bush camp, have brought such matters back into the public domain; it may be only a matter of weeks before Bush is directly asked about his own past...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: U.S. Politics: Is Bush Getting a Free Ride? | 4/27/1992 | See Source »

...hope that the Crimson group and other student publications will at the very least refrain from the kind of irresponsible and exploitative journalism that presents misinformation and exacerbates racial and ethnic differences...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Crimson Misrepresented the Harvard Foundation | 4/14/1992 | See Source »

Nixon said that if Western politicians--read: President Bush--failed to act decisively to help Boris N. Yeltsin weather Russia's economic and political typhoon, the refrain (or witch hunt?) of 1990s politics would be "Who lost Russia...

Author: By Jacques E.C. Hymans, | Title: Don't Go Wobbly | 4/11/1992 | See Source »

...Reverend Jesse L. Jackson began and endedhis speech with his trademark refrain, "Keep hopealive." In a passionately delivered speech,Jackson reaffirmed his pro-choice, pro-womenstance...

Author: By June Shih, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Pro-Choice Marchers Converge on D.C. | 4/6/1992 | See Source »

...that Republican challenger Pat Buchanan has promised to refrain from Bush bashing, the White House can afford to reach out to more moderate voters. Among them: pro-choice Republican women. That was the political explanation behind the Administration's decision last week to allow patients in federally financed family-planning clinics to receive abortion advice under limited circumstances...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Campaign Notes Abortion | 3/30/1992 | See Source »

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