UNITED STATES: REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES PREPARE FOR THE NEW HAMPSHIRE PRIMARY RESULT WITH PANCAKE TOSSING COMPETITION

Record ID: 336952

  • Title: UNITED STATES: REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES PREPARE FOR THE NEW HAMPSHIRE PRIMARY RESULT WITH PANCAKE TOSSING COMPETITION
  • Date: 31st January 2000
  • Summary: MANCHESTER, NEW HAMPSHIRE, USA (JANUARY 31, 2000) (REUTERS) 1. ZOOM IN: GOVERNOR GEORGE BUSH ON STAGE 0.09 2. MV/SV: PEOPLE EATING PANCAKES (2 SHOTS) 0.15 3. SV: BUSH FLIPS PANCAKE HIGH IN THE AIR AND CATCHES IT 0.22 4. SV: JUDGES WITH SCORE CARDS 0.27 5. SV: GARY BAUER FLIPS PANCAKE AND FALLS OFF STAGE AS HE STEPS BACK TO CATCH
  • Embargoed: 15th February 2000 12:00
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  • Location: MANCHESTER, NEW HAMPSHIRE, UNITED STATES
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  • Country: USA
  • Reuters ID: LVAA72AC04BW3B9A9B7LKYJ6TID3
  • Story Text: Texas Governor George W.Bush won the prized "golden
    spatula" on Monday (January 31) for a near-perfect pancake
    flip but rival Gary Bauer went one better -- he tripped and
    flipped himself off the stage.

    Three Republicans presidential candidates showed up to
    demonstrate their skill with the skillet 24 hours before the
    result of the New Hampshire primary elections are announced.

    Bush won 9.7 points out of 10 with an immaculate four-foot
    toss, which he caught perfectly on his outstretched spatula.

    That was enough to walk away with the grand prize -- the
    golden spatula.

    Bauer was not quite so adept.After making a hash of his
    pancake, he tripped, somersaulted backward and ended up in a
    heap on the floor.He was unhurt.

    Alan Keyes also showed up for some flipping but could not
    match Bush's elegant style.

    Bauer had the best line of the morning.Asked why
    publisher Steve Forbes did not show up, he said, "He's over on
    the other side of town at a Faberge egg scrambling contest" --
    a scathing reference to the millionaire publisher's private
    collection of the rare, jewel-encrusted eggs made for the last
    czar of Russia.

    Also in New Hampshire, Democrat challenger Bill Bradley
    predicted that the result of the crucial primary would be
    close.He said he was closing the gap on frontrunner, Vice
    President Al Gore.

    Bradley started out his day with a "Voter Talk" at Oracle
    making a last minute plea for support.He told the crowd of
    voters, "So, tomorrow it happens.A year of town meetings
    over.50 town meetings are over.I need your help, we are
    closing fast in this race.It's very important."
    A French reporter asked Bradley what he would do if he
    became president, Bradley replied in French, "I want to change
    the world.
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