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...likely Republican primary voters, compared with 40% for George W. Bush. New Hampshire has a history of scarring front runners who lope into the state with a lead. Now that Steve Forbes and Elizabeth Dole have receded in state surveys, McCain is the only challenger who appears to have traction. He has also won endorsements from several state representatives and the beloved former Senator Warren Rudman...
...debate typified an emerging trend in campus politics. When it comes to hot-button campus issues, students have, by and large, left the council for issue-specific special-interest groups. And these new groups--the Progressive Student Labor Movement, the Coalition Against Sexual Violence, etc.--seem to have more traction with the administration, demonstrated by their recently won concessions. When Dean Lewis ignores the (supposed) interests of the entire student body to heed the concerns of a small and interested faction thereof, it is evident that student government is no longer the best avenue for influencing the administration...
...Buchanan (well, mostly to his supporters), Bush hinted Wednesday night that the nascent Perot-Buchanan Reform party alliance was an attempt to do to Bush what they did to his father: Bring him down. "I've always thought the 1992 campaign was hard for my dad to get traction in the race because of, first, Patrick J. Buchanan, and then Ross Perot inflicted a series of cuts," the younger Bush said on a campaign stop in California. "I hope the people enter the political process with what's best for the country in mind, not making decisions based on personal...
...greater caution toward leaders. No one, not even firebrand Jesse Helms, who is about to launch Senate hearings, would stop all aid or cut Russia adrift. Candidates like George W. Bush don't disagree with the basic notion of engaging Russia either, so he's left to look for traction with the mushy "I'd manage it better" argument. Even the most skeptical voter can see that it is not in the national interest to let Russia fail and that the U.S. has nothing to gain by abandoning the great, unfinished experiment in reform now. Then Russia might really...
...enough for you? Some say the world will end in fire, a view that seemed to gain traction during the past few days as upper-90-degree heat turned the nation into one giant Easy-Bake oven and everyone ran for cover from the sweltering sky. The remedies? Stay out of the sun, for goodness' sake, drink plenty of water -- and pray for rain...