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There was the worry, though, that too much tough talk might narrow the gender gap. Clinton could actually widen it by hiring America's favorite female writer, the blockbusting Jane Austen! Eagerly the speechwriters studied her entry...
...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 only 10 or 12 points behind Clinton's campaign. But President Clinton will get his chance to widen that lead when the Democratic convention begins in Chicago August 26. Some of the campaign battle lines are already manifest in the nationwide thrust-parry-counterthrust of TV campaign commercials. A new Clinton ad timed for the end of the Republican convention says Dole would cut Medicare by $270 million...
...much more--remains largely invisible. The notion of citizen withdrawal from public life feeds on itself: if we accept the notion that others have given up on the larger community, why wouldn't we be more likely to give up too? For our democracy to flourish, journalists must widen the news lens to include a fuller picture of who we are. FRANCES MOORE LAPPE, Editor PAUL MARTIN DU BOIS, Publisher American News Service Brattleboro, Vermont...
WASHINGTON, D.C.: Bob Dole is on a crusade to widen the appeal of the Republican Party, and he doesn't care whose toes he steps on to get there. "Dole has calculated that he must move farther toward the center," says TIME's Jeffrey Birnbaum. "He is purposefully trying to upset the conservative base to appeal to the moderate middle and he thinks he can afford to do so." Dole has enraged the NRA by reneging on a pledge to repeal the assault weapons ban. The organization, which claims 3 million members, says it will now concentrate its efforts...
Meanwhile, Moceanu is preparing for the Games. "More strengthening on bars," she says. While she's trying to take it one day at a time, she can't help getting a little ahead of herself. "Afterward I'm looking forward to meeting the athletes." Suddenly, her eyes widen. "Maybe Hakeem Olajuwon!" Having mastered the television camera while shooting national ads for various Olympic sponsors, she entertains a few fantasies: a guest appearance on Friends. Better yet, a bit part in a Brad Pitt movie. (Blush.) Then she catches herself. "I don't have time now," she says firmly. "Maybe later...