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  Dan Quayle - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
James Danforth Quayle (born February 4, 1947) was the 44th Vice President of the United States under George H. Bush (1989-1993).
Quayle was born in Indianapolis, Indiana to James C. Quayle and Corrine Pulliam Quayle.
In 1976, Quayle was elected to the U.S. Congress from Indiana's Fourth Congressional District, defeating an eight-term incumbent Democrat.
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 Dan Quayle
Quayle was elected to the U.S. Congress from Indiana's Fourth Congressional District, defeating an eight-term incumbent Democrat.
Quayle was reelected to the U.S. Senate in 1986 with the largest margin ever achieved to that date by a candidate in a statewide Indiana race.
Throughout his time as Vice President, Quayle was widely ridiculed in the media and by some of the general public as a mental lightweight and was prone to verbal gaffes; as a result of this reputation, a great many apocryphal quotations are attributed to him [1].
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 Encyclopedia: James Danforth Quayle
James Danforth Quayle III (born February 4, 1947) was the 44th Vice President of the United States under George H. Bush (1989-1993).
Throughout his time as Vice President, Quayle was widely ridiculed in the media and by some of the general public as a mental lightweight.
Quayle was relying on a spelling-bee card on which the word had been misspelled by the teacher.
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 DAN QUAYLE FACTS AND INFORMATION
Quayle was born in Indianapolis, Indiana to James_C._Quayle and Corrine Pulliam Quayle.
Quayle was the 44th Vice President of the United States from January_20, 1989, to January_20, 1993.
Quayle faced off against Gore in the vice-presidential debate, and, due in part to exceeding low expectations and staying on the offensive by tactics such as criticizing passages in Gore's book ''Earth_in_the_Balance'', Quayle was generally seen to have at least tied Gore, faring much better than he had against Bentsen four years earlier.
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 Dan Quayle -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
James Danforth Quayle III (born February 4, 1947) was the 44th (Click link for more info and facts about Vice President of the United States) Vice President of the United States under (Click link for more info and facts about George H. Bush) George H. Bush (1989-1993).
Quayle was born in (The capital and largest city of Indiana; a major commerical center in the country's heartland; site of an annual 500-mile automobile race) Indianapolis, (A state in midwestern United States) Indiana.
Quayle's public service began in July 1971 when he became an investigator for the Consumer Protection Division of the Indiana (The position of the head of the Justice Department and the chief law enforcement officer of the United States) Attorney General's Office.
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 james danforth quayle   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
James Danforth Quayle (born February 4, 1947) was the forty-fourth Vice President of the United States under George H. Bush (1989-1993).
When this story is related, it is usually not mentioned that Quayle was relying on a spelling bee card on which the word had been misspelled by the teacher.
Quayle also made news for criticizing glamorization of single-parenting by singling out the Murphy Brown situation comedy, starring Candice Bergen.
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 Encyclopedia: Dan Quayle
James Cline Quayle (May 25, 1921 - July 7, 2000) was an American newspaper publisher and businessman who owned several newspapers in the United States including the Huntingdon Herald-Press in Indiana and the Wickenburg Sun in Arizona.
Quayle was allegedly relying on a spelling-bee card on which the word had been misspelled by the teacher.
James Schoolcraft Sherman (October 24, 1855 – October 30, 1912) was a Representative from New York and the 27th Vice President of the United States.
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 MSN Encarta - Search View - Dan Quayle
Quayle earned a degree in political science from DePauw University in 1969 and a law degree from the Indiana School of Law in 1974.
In 1980 Quayle was elected to the United States Senate, and was reelected in 1986.
In 1988 Quayle was nominated to the Republican ticket as vice president; George Bush won the presidential nomination.
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 James Danforth Quayle   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
James Danforth Quayle Encyclopedia Americana - Vice president of the United States under George Bush.
Dan Quayle Center and Museum Dedicated to VPs in general and Quayle in particular.
Quayle Dance Give 2000 republican presidential candidate Dan Quayle and his wife, Marilyn, a low-down beat and they begin dancing.
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 James Danforth Quayle III - dKosopedia
Quayle was born in Indianapolis, and graduated from DePauw University and University of Indiana Law School.
Quayle worked as an investigator for the Indiana Consumer Protection Division of the Attorney General's Office, and then joined the publishing staff of the newspaper run by his family.
Quayle replied that he had as much political experience as did John Kennedy when he sought the Presidency in 1960.
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 Quayle shares his vision of America in 2000
If he is elected president, Quayle said, he would move to end the so-called marriage-tax penalty and the death tax, revenue laws that relate to marriage status and wealth transfers after death.
Quayle further bashed Clinton for the scandal involving former White House intern Monica Lewinsky and said he was disappointed the Senate did not convict the president for high crimes and misdemeanors.
Quayle has often been criticized and been made the butt of jokes by those who believes he lacks intelligence.
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 US Vice - Presidents - Dan Quayle
Quayle’s supporters have pointed out that although he was not big on the national scene he was active in support of Republican causes.
Quayle responded by looking in to the camera, and carefully explained that he was about to the same age as John Kennedy when he entered the Senate, and was now close the same age as Kennedy when he started his presidency.
For some Quayle will always be viewed as a country club Republican, living in the protection of an upper class neighborhood telling people how to live their lives and espousing “The value of life” while cutting funding to schools and social programs.
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 Serebella Contents James D. Watson---James Danforth Quayle   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
A fictional British spy in the novels of and the motion pictures based on these novels, famous for his suavity, ingenuity and ruthlessness.
The Directorate of Operations would like people to think it’s a great James Bond operation, but for years it essentially assigned officers undercover as diplomats to attend cocktail parties.
A villain typical of the sort that typically appears in James Bond movies: an evil mastermind.
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 Dan Quayle   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
Quayle's maternal grandfather, Eugene Pulliam, was an influential and wealthy publisher of several newspapers in Indiana and Arizona.
Quayle graduated from DePauw University in Greencastle, Indiana, in 1969 with a degree in political science.
Quayle was elected to the United States House of Representatives in 1976 and in 1978 from a district in northeastern Indiana.
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 Quayle Quotes
Quayle's remarkable record so far leads one to wonder whether there is even one field in which he might actually be considered marginally able.
Quayle didn't live in the 20th century, then we must question whether he is alive.
Quayle is an example, this news should bring great joy to America's technological and economic competitors around the world.
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 AllRefer.com - Dan Quayle (U.S. History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
Dan Quayle (James Danforth Quayle), 1947–;, Vice President of the United States (1989–93), b.
Bush and Quayle lost the election to Bill Clinton and Al Gore.
Quayle mounted an abortive run for the 2000 Republican presidential nomination in 1999.
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 The origins of Vice President J. Danforth Quayle. James Danforth Quayle was born on Feb. 4   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
Quayle's record in the House was that of an abysmal lightweight, although he did earn the reputation of being a heavy golfer.
Quayle never even realized it was the wrong paper until an aide approached and handed him the right one." In The Making of a Senator: Dan Quayle, the author reveals what Quayle said the difference was between the two houses of Congress: "The House is more informal.
July 2, 1992: Quayle claims Bush broke no-new-taxes pledge because he needed to focus on the crisis in Middle East, though, in fact, invasion of Kuwait occurred several weeks after the tax hike was agreed to.
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 Welcome to The American Presidency
His maternal grandfather, Eugene Pulliam, Sr., was publisher of newspapers in Indianapolis and in Phoenix, Ariz. Quayle spent much of his boyhood in Arizona and then moved to Huntington, Ind., where his father became publisher of the local newspaper.
Quayle was also associate publisher of his parents' newspaper.
In the 1992 campaign Quayle proved to be a conservative fighter ready to spar against the Democrats.
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 Dan Quayle Center, Huntington, Indiana   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
But the big fundraiser is the annual Quayle Center golf tournament, held at a local country club and often attended by the former Vice President himself.
Quayle currently lives in Arizona, where according to the curator, he is an "an investment broker and is doing international banking type things."
When the Dan Quayle Commemorative Foundation opened the museum in June, 1993, it believed, as it says in the Center's current literature, "There was a huge desire to know more about Dan, coming from people all over the country." But it is very, very quiet here.
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 James Danforth Dan Quayle Biography
Quayle head of the Council on Competitiveness that will work to ensure U.S. international competitiveness into the 21st century.
Throughout his time as Vice President, Quayle was widely ridiculed in the media and by some of the general public as a mental lightweight and was prone to verbal gaffes; as a result of this reputation, a great many apocryphal quotations are attributed to him.
Former Vice President Dan Quayle is Chairman of the Competitiveness Center of the Hudson Institute.
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 Dan Quayle - Wikiquote
James Danforth Quayle III (born 4 February 1947) 44th U.S. Vice President (1989-1993)
Due to Vice President Quayle's reputation, a great many misquotations, wrongful attributions, falsehoods, and other apocrypha are attached to his name.
Care should be taken in verifying any of the more humorous quotations that may be attributed to him.
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 Dan Quayle in Derry, NH
Dan Quayle and I were standing outside the Masonic Temple in Derry, New Hampshire.
Quayle wants to keep America out of any foreign intervention which is not "vital to America's strategic interests." Kuwait's OK? How about Kosovo?
Dan Quayle, the consummate insider, former Indiana National Guardsman, Senator and Vice President of the United States of America, remarked bitterly, repetitively and at length, that the Republican nomination had been "all wrapped up" by George ("W") Bush with his $(pick a number between 40 and 100) million in campaign funds.
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 Quayle, Dan on Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
(James Danforth Quayle), 1947-, Vice President of the United States (1989-93), b.
WASHINGTON, DC -- Former President George H. Bush and former Vice President Dan Quayle attend a ceremony at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, September 10, 2003 for the unveiling of a bust of the form
WASHINGTON, DC -- Former vice president Dan Quayle and wife Marilyn watch daughter Corinne unveil a marble bust of the former vice president in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, September
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