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With his nicely spelled memoir Standing Firm, DAN QUALYE has turned up the heat under the 1996 G.O.P presidential race. The former Veep hasn't made it to New Hampshire yet, but here are visits other contenders have made or are planning soon:

LAMAR ALEXANDER (ex-Secretary of Education)

April 1994. Was host to a G.O.P. neighborhood meeting in Bedford, New Hampshire.

May 1994. Scheduled to attend the 250 Club fund raiser luncheon for Senator Bob Smith.

Cracker-Barrel Wisdom: "Sitting down and getting to know one another is still the most important part of what there is to do in N.H."

WILLIAM BENNETT (ex-Secretary of Education)

February 1994.Spoke at Phillips Exeter Academy in Exeter, New Hampshire.

CARROLL CAMPBELL (Governor of South Carolina)

February 1994. Guest of Governor Stephen Merrill at a birthday party for Nackey Loeb, publisher of the Union Leader newspaper.

Cracker-Barrel Wisdom: "I accepted invitations to honor my friends ... and in doing so honored the political traditions of a very important state."

DICK CHENEY (ex-Secretary of Defense)

February 1994. Guest Speaker at Cheshire County Republican women's club.

May 1994. Scheduled to speak at the Merrimack County spring dinner.

BOB DOLE (Senate minority leader)

August 1993. Spent a full week "vacationing" in New Hampshire.

May 1994. Scheduled to speak at Merrimack County spring dinner.

Cracker-Barrel Wisdom: "I'm the senior advance man for the potential candidates. I go up and look around and report back to everybody who has an interest, and that takes a long time."

PHIL GRAMM (Senator from Texas)

February 1993. Attended health-care forum in Manchester, New Hampshire.

April 1993. Attended town meeting in Merrimack.

Cracker-Barrel Wisdom: "The folks there say I talk a little funny, but we think a lot alike."

JACK KEMP (ex-Secretary of Housing and Urban Development)

September 1993. Addressed New Hampshire Association of Realtors in Concord.