As Senator Muskie put it, the President refused to waiver from his "preoccupations" with lower taxes and larger military outlays.

At the time Mr. Picker was Senator Muskie's chief fund raiser.

"Now, here, in one of the curious cycles of life, I'm being asked the same questions which Senator Muskie was asked relative to me."

"We wanted to expose the threads we could identify," Senator Muskie said at one point.

Senator Muskie maintained that melted snowflakes, not tears, were responsible for the moisture on his face that day.

Senator Muskie and General Scowcroft will have their own statements in a moment.

But let me ask Senator Muskie to comment on that.

The convention complied with the request and nominated Senator Muskie as Humphrey's running mate.

But no one was more conscious than Senator Muskie of the effect the drops on his cheeks had on his political future.

Senator Muskie was taller.