Word: attacked
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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HART. For re-entering. Runner-up: the Dukakis campaign for releasing the attack video on Biden, then fueling the rumor that Gephardt's people...
...Bush flare-up was hardly in the same category as Rather's more embarrassing gaffes. At worst it was a case of a reporter getting carried away in the heat of an admittedly intense encounter. With Bush on the attack from the outset, and the clock ticking away on the live interview, Rather pressed hard, and legitimately, for answers. Although he appeared agitated, his questions were informed, coherent and to the point. Even his response to Bush's remark about the six-minute walkout was deft under pressure. "I think you'll agree," he said after a few seconds, "that...
...strongly defended his performance. "I never felt the interview was out of control," he told TIME. "I couldn't get answers, but I did not get mad." Aides who briefed Rather before the interview say the anchor was fully prepared for a heated exchange. "We knew Bush would attack, and we knew he wasn't going to answer the questions," says Producer Martin Koughan. "The trick was, How does Dan keep control of the line of questioning? Better rude than cowed...
...hockey, you don't usually talk of field possession. Hockey, by design, is a game of swift attack, with one team flying up the ice and the other team returning the favor. But last night, Harvard kept the puck in its own end for an inordinate amount of time. The Army could only dig trenches and watch, helpless, as puck after puck spurted into...
After the Bourgeois goal, the Crimson once again tried to mount an attack. But Handzel thwarted Harvard by making some key saves. The Crimson continued to press until a goal by Turner with under eight minutes remaining completely dimmed any hopes for a comeback...