Word: address
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Doyle says Flynn owes much of his popularity to his 16 years of public office as a city councilor and then as mayor. He says the local news media have also helped Flynn address his constituency. "It just goes to show that a direct connection with the people yields grassroots support," says Doyle...
...Reverend Jesse Jackson, who has spent the least money in N.H. among the candidates, about $3000, has based his N.H. campaign primarily on grassroots support. Campaign officials said they are not looking for a 51 percent win. "The point is proving your ability to address the issues and keeping an informed and sophisticated electorate on your side," said Jackson's N.H. Press Secretary Joseph...
...course of the interview, members of the600-person audience asked questions on such issuesas his support for AIDS education, national healthcare and unionization. Jackson said he was theonly Democratic candidate to address the Gay andLesbian March on Washington in October and addedthat he opposes mandatory AIDS testing...
...first three days of the crisis, Bush was the invisible figure of a Doonesbury cartoon, failing even to play a behind-the-scenes role in White House meetings. On Thursday, when he finally surfaced to address a campaign rally in Miami, the Vice President found himself trapped by his official role. Denied permission to say anything that would preview the President's press conference, Bush was reduced to banalities. "I still believe the solution is not to go rushing out to raise taxes," he declared, staking out a position that Reagan seemed about to abandon. The next day in Iowa...
...first address on the United States economy since the stock market collapse, democratic presidential candidate Gov. Michael S. Dukakis said the government must make Americans pay sufficient tax bills, by increased enforcement and, if necessary, by higher taxes...