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...Iowa and New Hampshire. Aides started rooming together on the road and even gave up their catered lunches, making do with cold cuts from the nearest supermarket. The motorcades were scaled back, and Gore switched from photo ops to town meetings, where his command of the issues could shine. Instead of staging events in the afternoon, to make the evening news, he began doing them at night, to make contact with voters. The campaign canvassed New Hampshire by phone and on foot and invited 2,800 undecided voters to the first round of town halls in October. Gore stayed...
...clearly going to promise coverage for all or nearly all Americans. Health care remained a huge problem for millions, and Gore's strategists were worried that the race might turn on the issue, with Bradley's plan outshining Gore's. They were right about the issue, wrong about the shine. When Bradley released his proposal on Sept. 28, it turned out to be a gift...
...character out of Horatio Alger. Bradley didn't cosset himself in a limo but drove his own battered Oldsmobile, wore the same no-designer tie day after day and had shoes so worn that a Congressman said someone should steal them off his feet while he was asleep and shine them...
...L.A.P.D. scandal will surely shine a light on other cities, where complaints about police tactics may get new scrutiny. It will also focus attention on successful reforms in such cities as New Orleans, the site of the nation's last major police scandal. Things were ugly there in the 1990s. One policeman was convicted of murdering a young mother of three who filed a supposedly confidential brutality complaint against him. Nine officers were arrested in a sting operation and convicted of selling protection to a cocaine warehouse. Two cops were charged with raping a 14-year-old girl. More than...
...with Melissa Johnson out of the lineup, Sarah Johnson will be given another opportunity to shine. Earlier this year, she earned Ivy League Rookie of the Week honors after performances like an 18-point, 10-rebound game in 19 minutes against Rhode Island in December...