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Looks like two X chromosomes and the Anita Hill backlash may not be enough to get more women into Congress this year.

PEAK NUMBER OF FEMALE CANDIDATES 250

NUMBER REMAINING AFTER 35 STATE PRIMARIES 160

Nothing to sneer at, surely, but will the final number sworn in next term be enough to constitute 1992 as Year of the Woman?

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