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Senate  Republican


                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        minority leader Bob  Dole



                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        of Kansas presents a


                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        formidable opponent for


                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        any plan backed  by the


                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         Democratic President.


                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        This was witnessed  by his



                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         big victory in sinking


                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Clinton's $12  billion jobs


                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         bill this past summer. And


                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        what of Senator Dole's


                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         plans for his own



                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         presidential run in  1996?


                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         The Senator will  be 73-


                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         years-old when the next


                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         presidential election rolls


                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        around, and he has made



                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         the usual disclaimers


                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         about it being too early to


                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         think about such things.


                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         But he is already making


                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         forays into the early


                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         caucus and  primary states.






















































































                            Ruth  Bader Ginsburg joins                                             Late spring and early                                                  Janet Reno, a former


                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 ■   I 1   •          V  '   ' V ..’’ '   ’-   r •  .
                            Sandra Day O'Connor as                                                 summer floods hitting the                                               Florida state attorney,

                            the second female                                                      Midwest states of                                                       became the first woman

                            Supreme Court Justice. As                                              Missouri,  Illinois, and                                                attorney general. As the


                            a lawyer for the American                                               Iowa caused billions of                                                nation's head crime


                            Civil  Liberties Union                                                 dollars in damage.  Homes                                              fighter, she confronts the

                            Women's Rights Project in                                              were lost, fields were                                                  growing problems of


                            the  1970's, she was the                                               swamped, and towns                                                      drugs, gangs, and


                             prime architect of the                                                were submerged. As the                                                  violence. Through  her


                             legal argument that the                                               waters began to recede,                                                 "save the family"

                             Constitution requires                                                  people began digging out                                               campaign, she has                                                                                         ■v V:.


                             equal treatment for men                                                their mud-filled homes                                                 become a crusader for

                             and women.                                                             and clearing their cities.                                             America's children.



















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