Word: activists
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...School dean's office is trying to identify the author of a threatening letter sent to a pro-choice activist law student last week by analyzing handwriting samples...
When Graham began her political career, many viewed her as a radical activist, an outsider trying to give her constituency a voice against big developers. She recalls protesting the Vietnam War and aiding radical student groups such as the one that took over University Hall...
...Americans want a return to an activist Government that boldly addresses domestic problems, or do they prefer a more cautious, reactive and less ambitious approach...
...genuine passion -- slicing the capital-gains tax to 15% -- would refute the argument behind tax reform: earned and unearned income should be treated equally. But then Bush never believed the free-market gospel that tax preferences distort the economy; one of the few times the Vice President took an activist role in the White House was to preserve oil-industry write-offs in the 1985 reform bill. And Bush promises oilmen new tax breaks if elected...
...while smoothing off some of its rough ideological edges. Dukakis offers more of a risk and potentially more of a reward. His selection would mark a return to more communal values, as the nation gave liberalism another chance to adapt to a changed environment and redeem its faith in activist Government...