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Hart's return hurts all the charter members of the old Democratic six-pack in differing ways. The second-tier candidates (Gephardt, Gore and Babbitt) can ill afford to be overshadowed in the crucial weeks before Iowa and New Hampshire. Gore is particularly vulnerable since, having all but abandoned Iowa, he needs a respectable showing in New Hampshire to position himself for the Super Tuesday Southern primaries. Compared with Hart, the bow-tied Simon looks like the model of a conventional politician. "Hart will take away the fascination with Simon as the new and different candidate," predicts Democratic Media Consultant...
...Brokaw made them look like schoolboys. There was an unnerving upshot of turning everyone into a TV personality: Gorbachev, the leader of America's most dangerous global adversary, ended the week with a 2-to-1 approval ratio in most polls, a ; standing that lumps him alongside the top tier of presidential candidates and by some measures ahead of Reagan...
...Juneau is the league's top scorer with total of four goals and 11 assists. Princeton junior John Messuri, whose 14 points (eight goals, six assists) have kept the Tigers out of the ECAC's lower tier (where they have perpetually dwelled), is right behind the Engineer freshman...
...Crimson is no longer the leaguefront-runner. A bunch of teams--Colgate, St.Lawrence, even once weak Princeton--are crammedinto the top tier of the league standings...
...Altman & Weil reports that rates have been soaring, to as much as $350 an hour this year for a full partner (up from about $300 last year) and as much as $100 for work done by the newest associates. To control costs, some firms have | created a new second-tier position, sometimes called staff attorney. Often recruited from less prestigious schools and hired at bargain salaries, these lawyers handle the grunt tasks. Unlike regular associates, they have no hope of becoming full partners...