Word: answering
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Main Street. People stream along the sidewalks and across the street carrying plastic bags emblazoned with pricey logos: ADIDAS, CALVIN KLEIN, VILLEROY & BOCH. Just who, a gridlocked visitor wonders, would come to rural Flemington, N.J., to buy such chic cityside items as Waterford crystal or Joan & David shoes? The answer: a growing legion of well-heeled devotees of factory-outlet shopping...
George Bush? Michael Dukakis? Sorry. Good guesses both, but the correct answer is Richard Nixon. The recollection comes courtesy of Burt Meyers, who covered Nixon's 1960 presidential quest for TIME. And if, as this week's cover story demonstrates, most comparisons between the 1960 and 1988 campaigns are more fanciful than actual, Meyers allows that some things have not changed...
...outset of the new court term, all eyes are focused on the pivotal figure of Justice Anthony Kennedy. Nominated by President Reagan last year, Kennedy, 52, could be the man who finally tips the scales to the right. "Can Justice Kennedy be the answer to conservatives' prayers?" asks Patrick McGuigan of the Free Congress Research and Education Foundation. "All the early data are good." Indeed, in 13 cases last term in which the court split 5 to 4, Kennedy voted with a conservative majority eight times, including the stunning decision to reconsider Runyon. Says University of Virginia government professor David...
...Palestinians, but neither candidate offers any plausible solutions. Says Abed Darawshe, who defected from Labor to protest the government's handling of the uprising: "The intifadeh ((uprising)) has divided Israel more than ever. The two big parties simply have not convinced the public that they have the answer...
...Citizens' Rights Movement is the left's answer to Tehiya, proposing direct talks with the P.L.O. and an end to the military occupation. It now holds five seats and may win up to eight. Party leader Shulamit Aloni, a former Labor member, has already informed Peres that she will join a Labor government if he adopts a more aggressive peace platform, perhaps to the point of agreeing to negotiate with a reformed P.L.O...