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Word: bakersfield (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...stops from Bakersfield to Stockton on Sunday, Dukakis told voters, "We need a president in the tradition, yes, the liberal tradition of Franklin Roosevelt, Harry Truman and John Kennedy...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Republicans Snicker at `L-Word' Return | 11/1/1988 | See Source »

...repeated that call at similar rallies in Bakersfield and Fresno, adding former President Harry S. Truman to his list of liberal Democrats at those stops...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Dukakis Defends Liberal Tradition | 10/31/1988 | See Source »

...that Asians are simply smarter than other groups. A subscriber to this theory is Arthur Jensen, a controversial Berkeley educational psychologist. Jensen tested Asian children - 500 in San Francisco and 8,000 in Hong Kong - then compared the results with tests of 1,000 white American children in Bakersfield, Calif. He contends that the children with Asian backgrounds averaged ten I.Q. points higher than the whites, and believes there are "genetic differences" in the rate at which Asians and whites mature mentally...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: The New Whiz Kids | 8/31/1987 | See Source »

...would like to remind employers who are looking for people to fill entry- level jobs ((ECONOMY & BUSINESS, July 20)) that there is a group out there with disabilities who are ready and willing to work. My son is 20, mentally retarded and gainfully employed at McDonald's in Bakersfield, Calif. His functioning level and self-esteem have shot sky-high, and his employer has a dependable, capable employee who is happy to be working at any wage...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Help Wanted | 8/10/1987 | See Source »

...Adult Condor No. 9," as California scientists had designated the last known free-flying condor in the state, hovered over a goat carcass last week in the Bitter Creek National Wildlife Refuge, 40 miles southwest of Bakersfield. Sweeping down on its 9 1/2-ft. wingspan, it settled in for breakfast. But the seven-year-old male bird, which had eluded pursuers for seven months, had at last fallen into a trap. Captors hidden nearby set off small explosives that launched a "cannon net" over the condor, and A.C. 9 was grounded for what wildlife experts say is his own good...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: California: The Condor Is Grounded | 5/4/1987 | See Source »

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