Word: welds
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...heroes--everyone from Nathaniel Hawthorne to Larry Bird. But the Kennedys remain the state's most potent living legacy to the nation, with three of the clan now in Congress, helping to make politics one of the state's favorite spectator sports. This year, with John Kerry and Bill Weld battling for a Senate seat, Massachusetts is host to the Super Bowl of congressional races...
...Vietnam veteran with three Purple Hearts, Kerry is no stranger to tough fights--which is what this battle with William Weld is. As a member of the Foreign Relations Committee, the popular two-term Senator sponsored a bill to lift the trade embargo on Vietnam. But as a friend of working families, he also sponsored the Family and Medical Leave Act. Now he must persuade voters that he has done more from the Capitol than Weld has done from the Statehouse...
...WILLIAM WELD (R) SENATE CHALLENGER...
...Weld sailed into the Governor's office in 1990 and won re-election in 1994 with 71% of the vote. The popular Republican attributes his success to the balanced budget he delivered six years in a row while simultaneously cutting taxes. He also takes credit for an impressive economic recovery, highlighted by unemployment that reached a seven-year low in 1996. One problem for Weld: voters may not want him to leave the Statehouse...
Kerry, in his introduction of Gore, made reference to the historic location and used it to criticize Weld...