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Debate Scorecard By C.R. McFadden & Manlio A. Goetzl

TOPICCLINTON  DOLE BODY LANGUAGE:  Smug, self-confident looks: 3  Disdainful snickers: 6.   Deep breaths/squaring jaw: 6  Full-blown guffaws: 4.   Anxiously awaiting time for rebuttal: 3  Notetaking: 3.   Smirks signalling disagreement: 4, including one shake of the head.  Almost wandered off stage: 1.   Notetaking: 4 STOCK PHRASES:  Brink of/bridge to the new/21st century: 7 times.  AWOL: 2   References to American families: 8 times, though never mentioned his own.  Using panelists' first names: 11 times, including 3 references to Jason.   Medicare, Medicaid, environment, education: 7 times  California, host state of the debate: At least 7 times.   Dole's $550 billion tax "scheme": 2 times.  17 New Taxes, 50 New Bureacracies: 2     "I keep my word": At least 8 times A FEW OF OUR FAVORITE PHRASES:  "What branch of the services were you in? And what small business? Good for you."  "I'll get out of your way."   "I only have 30 seconds. I can't fix statistics."  "Wisdom, experience, intelligence comes from age."   "We're selling everything from cars to CDs to rice in Japan."  "Your targeted tax cuts never hit anyone."     "I can't pull it out, it will violate the rules." AWARDS:  Rock, Paper, Scissors Award: Bill Clinton, for twice showing his ability to throw the rock twice while addressing the audience.  Cambridge Chronicle Award: Sen. Dole for his reference to former U.S. House speaker and North Cambridge resident Thomas P. "Tip" O'Nell.   Calvin Coolidge Award for Brevity: Bill Clinton, for his three word affirmation of laws opposing discrimination against gays and lesbians. "I support it."  Bud Selig Award: Sen. Dole: "Braves 1, Cardinals 0." "That's inside baseball."

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