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...early January, Harvard fell to the Catamounts in Burlington, Vt., on an overtime goal by Scott ("Duke") Stump. Last night at Bright Center, Stump scored to give the Catamounts a one-goal lead, which they then expanded and hung on to for a 3-2 victory before 2853 spectators...
...Dole; there remains a cutting edge, even a mean streak, to much of his humor. But there are healthy signs that he can direct the barbs at himself when warranted. When his snideness is under control, the wisecracks and one-of-us message make Dole one of the better stump speakers in the presidential pack...
...Kansas Senator's stump speech is an artful example of invective by indirection. Dole frequently boasts, "I can work with the Congress." (In contrast to guess who?) "I helped save the Social Security system in 1983." (Where was Bush?) "I played a leading role in cutting taxes in 1981." (Bush was on the sidelines.) "I've got a record, not a resume." (Point made...
...imagery, however, Babbitt has problems selling. With a bobbing and twitching face that folds all over itself, Babbitt seems as comfortable on television as a moose being pelted with buckshot. On the stump he is earnestly plodding and uncharismatic. Nor is his product an easy sell. His austere economic prescriptions are the political equivalent of bran flakes with skim milk: good for what ails the bloated body politic, but not the thing a liberal Iowa Democrat is likely to choose over the buttered and honeyed comfort food that others are promising. If Babbitt advances, it will mark an unlikely triumph...
...stump, Babbitt occasionally asks his listeners to stand up if they want their taxes raised or their Government benefits cut. "No takers? Well, let me put it another way," he says, pointing to a young girl in the audience. "How many of you are willing to pick her pocket, just so our generation can consume more than it's willing to pay for?" The line often gets good response, which Babbitt takes as evidence that the "voters know we can't keep spending our children's inheritance...