Word: walnut
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BORN: Jan. 20, 1940, Lacey EDUCATION: U of Iowa, B.A., 1959-63 FAMILY: Husband, Michael Percival RELIGION: Protestant MILITARY: None OCCUPATION: Weather reporter; community child advocate; teacher POLITICAL CAREER: None ADDRESS: 1020 Walnut Street, Des Moines...
BORN: June 14, 1940, Oakland EDUCATION: San Jose State U, B.S., 1963 FAMILY: Wife, Joanne; four children RELIGION: Roman Catholic MILITARY: Coast Guard Reserve, 1957-65 OCCUPATION: Budget analyst POLITICAL CAREER: California Assembly, 1981-92; U.S. House 1992- ADDRESS: P.O. Box 4544, Walnut Creek...
...craning his neck, pretending to throw a pass or take a snap from the center. With women, he holds each face like a ripe melon before planting a kiss. Or he blows kisses. While speaking, he spreads his arms, massages the wedding ring on his left hand, rubs the walnut-size football-championship ring on his right. Being the backup doesn't come easy. At the first post-convention rally, he said he wasn't going to give a speech. Six minutes later, he said, "In closing ..." After two more "In closings," Kemp closed. Dole clapped heartily...
...work hard to keep. As he enters his 81-day sprint for the presidency, Dole appears relaxed and ready. At Friday morning's GOP event, Dole's face was absolutely relaxed and if possible even tanner than the night before. Even the backs of his hands were a deep walnut brown. He joked about his Thursday night speech: "I came 20 minutes early because I don't have to practice my speech any more." For now, though, Dole is officially at the head of an uphill struggle. Recent polling numbers reflect a convention-spurred bounce that puts the Dole ticket...
...glass of whole milk a day. This went over O.K. in Kentucky tobacco country but hovered over him like a cloud of stale smoke last week as he campaigned in California, which has some of the most draconian antismoking laws in the nation. At each stop, starting in Walnut Creek, Dole was trailed by a person dressed as a cigarette, dubbed Buttman, who handed out large dollar bills picturing "Smokin' Bob" with a cigarette hanging out of his mouth. At a Woodland Hills event, Buttman placed himself on the balcony opposite the podium, directly in Dole's line of sight...