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- GRAPEVINE, Page 17Let's Change the Subject
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- By DAVID ELLIS/Reported by Sidney Urquhart
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- Several scandal-tinged Senators have rushed to associate
- themselves with a variety of no-lose issues, many related to
- the gulf war.
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- IMAGE PROBLEM
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- Alan Cranston, California Democrat. Received $900,000 in
- donations from indicted S&L buccaneer Charles Keating.
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- DIVERSIONARY TACTIC
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- Battling cancer and planning to retire, he declared that he
- has supported every major veterans' bill for the past 12 years.
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- IMAGE PROBLEM
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- Alfonse D'Amato, New York Republican. Played a questionable
- role in the awarding of federal housing subsidies to friends
- and contributors.
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- DIVERSIONARY TACTIC
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- Rushed to Israel to condemn Scud attacks and turned up last
- week in the Soviet Union to lambaste Mikhail Gorbachev for the
- Baltic crackdown.
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- IMAGE PROBLEM
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- Dennis DeConcini, Arizona Democrat. Accepted $81,000 from
- Keating and was identified in Senate testimony as his most
- forceful advocate.
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- DIVERSIONARY TACTIC
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- Highlighted his help for Agent Orange victims. Slyly
- declared his "enormous respect for colleagues," a plea for
- collegiality in case they reprimand him.
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- IMAGE PROBLEM
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- Dave Durenberger, Minnesota Republican. Denounced by the
- Senate for collecting $100,000 in a book-royalty scheme.
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- DIVERSIONARY TACTIC
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- Issued this windy declaration on Jan. 15: "If you have an
- American flag, fly it. Proudly . . . We stand for principle."
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- IMAGE PROBLEM
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- John Glenn, Ohio Democrat. Received $234,000 from Keating.
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- DIVERSIONARY TACTIC
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- The World War II hero has been named to help guide military
- bills through the Senate.
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- IMAGE PROBLEM
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- John McCain, Arizona Republican. Received $112,000 in
- donations and $13,000 worth of vacations from Keating.
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- DIVERSIONARY TACTIC
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- A Vietnam POW, McCain has become a talk-show regular on war
- issues and point man on veterans' legislation.
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- IMAGE PROBLEM
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- Donald Riegle, Michigan Democrat. Took in $78,250 from
- Keating and initially denied his ties to the S&L owner.
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- DIVERSIONARY TACTIC
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- Has quietly immersed himself in, of all things, the details
- of banking-reform legislation.
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