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...register a vote for a write-in candidate like Graham on a vote-a-matic machine, voters have to leave the ballot blank, and write the candidate's name, address, and office sought on the ballot wrapper. Graham's stickers, which bear the same information were intended to be placed on this envelope...

Author: By Matthew M. Hoffman, | Title: Graham-Thompson Election Exceeds Voting Technology | 11/12/1988 | See Source »

...candidate said she would be telling voters, "don't punch Thompson, stick Graham," on November 8th. Holding up a Cambridge computer-card ballot, she demonstrated how to put a sticker with her name and address in the appropriate place on the ballot's paper wrapper...

Author: By Martha A. Bridegam, THE CRIMSON STAFF | Title: Graham Keeps Running Despite Loss | 10/1/1988 | See Source »

...lost in the film's desperate dash to ingratiate. As Cruise says at Cocktail's climax, "I tried to sell out to you, but I couldn't close the deal." He should know you can't sell star quality, but you can sell it out. Charm is the wrapper, not the package. And Cocktail is a bottle of rotgut in a Dom Perignon...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Cruise + Booze = Big Snooze COCKTAIL | 8/8/1988 | See Source »

...figure who has sparked little excitement. On the stump in Iowa, he tells voters that they must choose the person they trust the most. But even as he works to personalize the race with a what-a-nice-young-man appeal, Gephardt remains the candidate in the plain vanilla wrapper...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Campaign Portrait, Dick Gephardt:Young Man In a Hurry | 11/30/1987 | See Source »

...talking about the stuff we don't want any more. Millions of tons of waste--garbage, platics, hazardous waste, and even radioactive material--are produced by Americans every day. And the typical person doesn't even think he's contributing to a problem when tossing a croissant wrapper in a waste basket...

Author: By Alvar J. Mattei, | Title: It's a Sea of Troubles | 9/17/1987 | See Source »

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