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- GRAPEVINE, Page 17
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- By JANICE CASTRO
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- Out of the Mouths of Babes
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- OVERHEARD IN THE schoolyard last week at the Flint Hill
- Elementary School in Vienna, Virginia, as a six-year-old
- introduced a pal to her parents:
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- Classmate: This is Marshall Bush.
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- Father: Do you know who her grandfather is?
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- Classmate: Yes! President Bush.
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- Marshall Bush: Yes, but he won't be President much longer.
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- Not Worth His Time
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- Why did legendary adman Sean Fitzpatrick bail out of the
- Bush campaign? Sources at the November Co., the Madison Avenue
- all-star band that is working on the campaign, said Fitzpatrick,
- best known for crafting GM's memorable "Heartbeat of America"
- campaign, found the effort too much like the "Heartache of
- America." Says a former teammate: "Their issues are good, but
- nobody's listening. It's very frustrating. In fact, they're just
- like clients."
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- Timing Is Everything
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- If Ross Perot gets back in the race, which candidate would
- suffer most? When's the thing: both campaigns agree that he
- would hurt Clinton more if he jumped in now, since he would cut
- Clinton's lead in California and New York and give Bush a chance
- to edge out a win in close races in Ohio, Michigan and Illinois.
- But in a few weeks, as Bush tightens the race, a last-minute
- howdy-hi from Perot could knock him out of the box in crucial
- Western and Southern states. Like Texas.
- Play It Again, Bill
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- An off-Broadway show in Manhattan called THE NEWS IN REVUE
- is packing them in by turning today's political headlines into
- tonight's routines. For instance: the long-running Clinton-Gore
- road tour has gone sour since the Fab Foursome started getting
- on each other's nerves. Bill keeps playing that darned sax, and
- Hillary won't quit with the cookies. Tables are outfitted with
- ballot boxes, and every night the audience votes for President.
- At last count, Clinton had won 68 of 70 ballots.
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- Civil War in Germany?
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- German violence toward Bosnian and Romanian refugees, says
- Foreign Minister KLAUS KINKEL, has filled the government with
- "deep shame." But the civil unrest has also inspired fear. Since
- January, more than 320,000 Bosnians, Croatians and Romanians
- have sought asylum in Germany. The German government is now
- paying the Romanian government to repatriate its citizens but
- still expects at least 130,000 more refugees to arrive by the
- end of the year. Germany provides asylum seekers with housing,
- food and free medical care. But unemployment in the area of
- eastern Germany where they are housed averages 30%, adding fuel
- to the racist resentment many citizens feel toward the
- newcomers. Civil order is increasingly fragile. Says a senior
- German diplomat: "It is out of control. We have to worry about
- civil war."
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- PANDER METER
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- When the going gets tough, the incumbent gets generous.
- Add up the altruism President Bush has demonstrated this month
- as he tries to close the gap with Clinton:
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- Miffed China and Israel but mollified angry aerospace
- workers by okaying the sale of $6 billion worth of F-16s to
- Taiwan and $9 billion worth of F-15s to Saudi Arabia
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- Boosted farm-state fortunes $1 billion with the new wheat
- Export Enhancement Program
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- Promised to spend $500 million to rebuild marginally
- important Homestead Air Force Base
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- Lowered premiums for the 15-year FHA-insured home
- mortgages favored by upper-income buyers
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- Promised 100% federal reimbursement of rebuilding costs
- for hurricane victims in Florida, Louisiana and Hawaii -- up
- from the 75% usually given to victims of natural disasters,
- such as the 1989 San Francisco earthquake
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- CAMPAIGN QUIZ
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- Q
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- Which of the following U.S. Presidents served in the
- military?
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- A Thomas Jefferson
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- B James Madison
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- C John Quincy Adams
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- D Woodrow Wilson
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- E Lyndon Johnson
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- A
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- E Lyndon Johnson
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