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Word: balloon (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...time the Republicans had executed what may have been the largest balloon drop in political history Thursday night, Bush looked ready to move three more missions to his "accomplished" column. In his acceptance speech, he played the stature card, reminding Americans that on his watch the Berlin Wall fell, communism crumbled and Kuwait was liberated. After wrangling for weeks with advisers over how to reconcile his respectable record abroad with his listless performance at home, Bush reduced his pitch to two sentences: "This election is about change. The question is, Who do you trust to make change work...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Playing For The Big Bounce | 8/31/1992 | See Source »

...balloon blizzard at the finale and Bush's batting them around like a schoolboy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Scorecard: Aug. 31, 1992 | 8/31/1992 | See Source »

...love it all," said Sen. Dan Cochran(R-Miss). as he popped balloon after balloon witha pocket knife. "It was a great speech. ThePresident really did the right thing on everyarea...

Author: By Jonathan Samules, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Bush Accepts Nomination, Touts Foreign Policy Wins | 8/21/1992 | See Source »

...point, Cochran pocked the rear end of a friend standing beside him. "I hit the wrong balloon!" he exclaimed...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Houston Diary | 8/21/1992 | See Source »

ALSO ABOVE IT ALL is Howie President, age 12, who, by virtue of his distant relation to Our Next President, had snared the coveted job of balloon dropper at the 2010 Democratic National Convention...

Author: By Ira E. Stoll, | Title: Scenes From A Future Convention | 7/21/1992 | See Source »

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