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...drama that always seems to accompany her, Imelda Marcos was made a member of the Philippines House of Representatives today. Joyous supporters cheered the 65-year-old widow of the late Philippines dictator after she was sworn into office by Chief Justice Andres Narvasa, the judge who helped unseat her husband from the presidency in 1983 . Best known for her shoe collection, the former first lady -- who is free on bail while appealing a 24-year sentence for graft -- exploited her flair for the impossible by winning a three-way race to represent her native province of Leyte...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SHE'S BAA-AACK | 10/27/1995 | See Source »

Those who say the Court's decision will hurt Blacks are right in that ending racial redistricting will likely slow the rate of increase of Blacks in Congress or even unseat some Blacks from Congress as racial redistricting has undoubtedly led to increases in the number of Blacks in Congress...

Author: By Douglas M. Pravda, | Title: Redistricting Without Regard to Race | 7/7/1995 | See Source »

Trailing Edward M. Kennedy '54-'56 by double digits in the latest polls, W. Mitt Romney launched a final offensive this weekend in an effort to unseat the six-term senior senator from Massachusetts...

Author: By Leondra R. Kruger, | Title: Students Apathetic About Upcoming Election | 11/7/1994 | See Source »

...fruit attack never came, but in his bid to unseat Charles Robb as the state's junior U.S. Senator, the retired Marine colonel and damp-eyed star of the Iran-contra hearings has been doing a lot of ducking and counterattacking in a campaign that has turned Virginia's political season into a freak show. The race reached new levels of notoriety last week when Nancy Reagan, during a public appearance in New York City, blasted North's veracity. "Ollie North has a great deal of trouble separating fact from fantasy. He lied to my husband...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Silliest Race of the Season | 11/7/1994 | See Source »

...does the incumbent seem so relaxed, now that he faces an onslaught of three Democrats who seek to unseat him come November...

Author: By Brian D. Ellison, | Title: Weld Leads Governor's Race | 10/19/1994 | See Source »

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