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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Cornell crowd delights in reminding Harvard Coach Bill Cleary about his bare pate. "The Harvard coach is bald," the crowd shouts, "the Harvard coach is bald." Cleary, the good-natured sport, pats his head and smiles...

Author: By Mark Brazaitis, | Title: Fish, Chickens and Other Livestock | 11/11/1988 | See Source »

...think we are all eagerly awaiting for the season to begin," Harvard Coach Bill Cleary said. "Everyone's saying, `Let's get on with...

Author: By Julio R. Varela, | Title: Icemen to Host Yale, Brown | 11/10/1988 | See Source »

AFTER they regained control of the Senate in 1986, Democrats recognized that they could pursue a legislative agenda of their own, independent of Presidential initiative. The Democratic Congress passed a catastrophic-illness bill, a trade bill, plant closing legislation, sanctions against South Africa, and restrictions on contra aid, despite Reagan's opposition...

Author: By John L. Larew, | Title: Bush's Victory Is Hollow | 11/9/1988 | See Source »

...meantime, Democrats can console themselves by imagining Bill Bradley or Mario Cuomo as FDR to Bush's Hoover. Michael Dukakis can remind himself that it's better to be right than President...

Author: By John L. Larew, | Title: Bush's Victory Is Hollow | 11/9/1988 | See Source »

This analysis ignores the fact that many Americans prefer to have a choice between candidates. To annoint Sam Nunn, Bill Bradley or Lloyd Bentsen as the party's standard-bearer is tantamount to telling the electorate, "Well, sure, we're the Democratic Party, but we're the Democratic Party, but we're going to try to adopt the Republican Party's ideals, and try to convince you that we can do a better job at being conservative that they...

Author: By Michael J. Bonin, | Title: Looking Left in '92 | 11/9/1988 | See Source »

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