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...opening words of Fine's speech--a reference to the political debacle of Ross Perot running-mate James Stockdale in his debate with AlGore and Dan Quayle--resurrected almost verbatim the speech of John A. Mann '92-'94 when he ran for vice president last year...
That incarnation will have to wait. Less than 24 hours before the House of Representatives was set to act on the treaty, Gingrich blocked a vote until after the November elections. He juggled several excuses for his U-turn in public, but his chief explanation in private was that Ross Perot made him do it. Gingrich lamented to Democratic leaders that the Texas industrialist was bombarding him with telephone calls last Tuesday. Apparently that was enough for Gingrich to cave in. "I know," Gingrich told the leaders afterward, "that there's some distrust on your side about me." That...
Officials at the University's insurance office refused to talk to the Crimson yesterday. "It's just standard policy," said Lee Ann Ross, assistant manager of the department. "It has nothing to do with this loss in particular...
...first a question: Can a man brilliant at bullying have a vision? "Gingrich is a great communicator," says pollster Frank Luntz, a Republican who worked for Ross Perot in 1992. "He knows what it takes to say the right thing and do the right thing to get us a majority. He is Ronald Reagan, only smarter." Preparing for his performance on the Capitol steps last week, Gingrich has had Luntz conduct focus groups every 10 days since January. And two weeks before he paraded his "Republican Contract with America," he held what a participant called a "serious, intense" dinner...
...Prozac Age. The immense popularity of the drug, which is most often prescribed for depression but is gaining a reputation as an all- purpose personality enhancer, has given Breggin his best ammunition yet. In his new book Talking Back to Prozac (co-written with his wife Ginger Ross Breggin), he says the drug is merely a stimulant that does not get to the root of depression and is probably dangerous when used over long periods. He has dumped on Prozac in TV and radio debates with Dr. Peter Kramer, whose best seller Listening to Prozac describes the drug's powers...