
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: FRIDAY, October 21, 1994                   TAG: 9410210050
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: B-3   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: KEITH MONROE LANDMARK NEWS SERVICE
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NORTH GOES 2-DIMENSIONAL, BACK IN DOONESBURY AGAIN

For liberals, it was once a badge of honor to have made Nixon's ``enemies list.'' For conservatives, showing up in the Doonesbury comic by Garry Trudeau may provide a similar perverse pleasure.

By this yardstick, Oliver North obviously is doing something right. He dominates the strip all next week. At the center of the plot is a familiar face - Uncle Duke, the veteran of countless covert actions.

When Doonesbury readers last visited the North campaign, in late June, Duke was monitoring an interview of the candidate by intrepid reporter Rick Redfern. Duke was responsible for giving North a signal when the candidate began lying and for cutting off the interview when North began claiming he was on a mission from God.

Beginning Monday, Duke still will be holding down the hot seat in the North campaign's situation room. He has agents at his command whenever the candidate hits the campaign trail and can provide North with prompting through a Secret Service-style earpiece.

Duke will help North wrap himself in a flag - a Confederate flag. He'll dispatch operatives to deal with a heckler and will whisper in the candidate's ear in order to avert a damaging gaffe.

By the end of the week, Duke will have impressed North with his mettle and will be looking forward to playing a leading role in the North White House after ``The Waffle'' is defeated in 1996. But readers may want to stay tuned; Duke has overreached before.

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