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executive whose business was regulated by the state ." Bill
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October 21, 1991. His first speech was plagiarized from a manifesto by speechwriter
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day by saying: "I suppose I could have stayed home and baked cookies and had teas, but what I decided to do is fulfill my profession, which I entered before my husband was in public life." This hurt her standing among stay-at-home moms.
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campaign focused heavily on corruption in politics. He was hurt by allegations that he changed had changed too much of his positions from what he believed previously. In March 1992, the
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