Word: wofford
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...obvious issue to allow Bradley to make a splash. The number of uninsured Americans is the one social problem that has grown worse during the Clinton Administration. For a decade, the issue has offered both opportunity and peril to Democratic candidates. In 1991, it elected the Democratic underdog Harris Wofford to one of Pennsylvania's U.S. Senate seats. One year later, Bill Clinton ran with it to the presidency. But the failure of the complicated plan that he and Hillary proposed contributed heavily to the Democrats' loss of Congress in 1994. This year's Democratic presidential candidates have learned...
Clinton was joined in his call by former Pennsylvanvian Senator Harris Wofford, who is currently the CEO of the Corporation for National Service, which oversees Americorps...
...interview with The Crimson yesterday, Wofford said Americorps had "come of age" and was poised, in these prosperous economic times, to galvanize students to improve their communities...
...Wofford saw many parellels between Americorps enthusiasm and the zeal of the 1970s are Peace Corps...
...However, Wofford admitted that while Americorps can produce manpower, communities need to be involved with funding to assist volunteers...