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Running mates: Abbr.

• #2 corp. execs

• #2 execs

• #2's, for short

• Agnew and Arthur (abbr.)

• Agnew and Gore, for short

• Agnew and Gore, once (abbr.)

• Air Force Two passengers, briefly

• Al Gore and Dan Quayle, once: Abbr.

• Bank offs.

• Biden and Bush: Abbr.

• Board members

• Bush and Gore, for short

• Bush Sr. and Nixon, e.g.

• CEO's subordinates

• CEO's underlings

• Corp. big shots

• Corp. bigwigs

• Corp. brass

• Corp. execs

• Corp. honchos

• Corp. officers

• Corp. second bananas

• Corporate execs.

• Corporate officers: Abbr.

• DC # 2s

• Dept. heads

• Eventual Oval Office hopefuls, often: Abbr.

• Executive washroom users: Abbr.

• F.D.R. had three

• FDR had three of them

• FDR's three

• Gore and Quayle, once: Abbr.

• Gore, Cheney, et al.

• Gore, Cheney, etc.

• HST and LBJ, once

• Johnson and Johnson, once (abbr.)

• Members of mgmt.

• Mgmt. members

• Nixon and Ford, once: Abbr.

• No. 2's

• No. twos

• Number twos, for short

• Presidents' underlings (abbr.)

• Puzzle theme, briefly

• Running mates in this puzzle

• Running mates, briefly

• Second bananas: Abbr.

• Some board members, for short

• Some company higher-ups, for short

• Some corp. bigwigs

• Some corp. execs

• Some execs

• Some suits

• They may report to C.E.O.'s

• They'll debate on Oct. 11, 2012

• Tie-breaking voters in the Sen.

• Truman and Nixon, e.g.

• U.S. Naval Observatory residents

• What some running mates become, briefly