Word: armors
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...DEMOCRAT--at least one whose opposition to the Persian Gulf war is not on record--can probably put a few dents into Bush's foreign policy armor...
...lowly ones in our eggshells offer minimal resistance as the Trumps and Keatings crunch over us, car phones in hand, on the way to their bankruptcy hearings and leveraged buyouts. Indeed, it seems part of the American Dream to become rich enough to wrap oneself in so much tanklike armor that one barely feels the bump of the riffraff undertire. But now that dream is under attack, according to an organization calling itself the Coalition for Vehicle Choice. According to the coalition, a collection of the usual well- meaning but misguided dupes, liberals, Congressmen, pessimists and wimps is threatening...
...through the front door. Of SCOTLAND YARD, no less. Embarrassed officials in London acknowledged last week that a young woman with a history of mental illness had wandered into the Yard's headquarters and ascended to the seventh floor, where a set of riot gear, including helmet and body armor, caught her eye. She liked the rig so much that she wore it home. Her horrified relatives returned the stolen gear to the bobbies, who vowed to review security procedures...
Bush's political handlers say they are eager to have Harkin as an opponent because his old-fashioned liberalism makes him an easy target. But Orrin Hatch, who knows Harkin better, predicts that "he's going to be a very formidable candidate." Conviction is a candidate's heavy armor, and Harkin's is thick. Those who disparage him as too ideological, too careless with facts, should remember 1980. Democratic strategists used the same points in explaining why they wanted the G.O.P. to nominate Ronald Reagan...
Watch Metzenbaum throw a right hook. Here comes Sen. Bill Bradley (D-N.J.) with a left jab. Yes, the Democrats have some fight left. The senators will connect, Gates will go down for the count and Bush will find a little dent in his invincible armor...