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DATE: WEDNESDAY, March 28, 1990                   TAG: 9003280099
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A3   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: The Washington Post
DATELINE: WASHINGTON                                LENGTH: Short

QUAYLE AT HIS `LIMIT'; FIRST LADY TO STAND IN FOR BUSH

The message here may be democracy not dolls. In any case, Barbara Bush, not Vice President Dan Quayle, will head the U.S. delegation to the inauguration in Costa Rica of President-elect Rafael Calderon on May 8.

"Normally, it would be Vice President Quayle, but on this one, due to the role of Costa Rica and the lead it has taken in democracy in the region, it seemed more appropriate for Mrs. Bush to go," said an administration official.

Quayle, who bought an obscene - albeit gag - doll in Chile where he led a delegation to the inauguration of Chile's new president earlier this month, drew few laughs from the White House.

David Beckwith, Quayle's spokesman, said Monday that he doubted the vice president is bothered by the choice of the first lady over him.

"He's already made five trips to this part of the world. There's a limit to how many you can go to."

by CNB