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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...longer Brown campaigns, the closer he gets to this goal. Though he is running against three former Congressmen and one state party chairman, all white, he is clearly in the lead. That has put the party in a bind: his election would alienate many whites, but a last-minute defeat would be seen as an abandonment of party principles. Because of his connection to Jackson and, yes, his color, Brown's talents as a cajoler and conciliator have been thoroughly tested during this campaign. If he succeeds in becoming the symbolic leader and video face of a party that...
...opening his presidency with a call to altruism, Bush turns away from the selfishness of the Reagan era -- and begins looking for a way out of his budget bind. -- An interview with the 41st President. -- Reagan's last day: Who gets the nuclear credit card? -- Dan Quayle goes to school. -- Tensions between blacks and immigrants underlie Miami's latest uprising...
Those of you who are culturally literate, contributing members of society undoubtedly responded "Francis Bacon" without a moment's hesitation, for you are well schooled in the essential tidbits of information that bind our great nation together. Of course, when it comes to specific knowledge we should all share, the majority of us are illiterate, basically worthless and perfect examples of why America is plummeting into an educational abyss...
...restrain the economy without choking it? Says John O. Wilson, chief economist for Bank of America: "The Fed is in a real bind right now. It is going to have to walk a tightrope. And if it doesn't act soon, the financial markets will lose confidence." Says Melton: "In principle, this can be done with such awe-inspiring precision that the economy slows down to a growth rate of exactly 2% and inflation starts to slow. But as a practical matter, it rarely works out." If credit is too tight, the resulting interest- rate run-up could trigger...
...margin amounted to a firm endorsement of the issue that totally dominated the campaign: the Canada-U.S. Free Trade Agreement. Signed by Mulroney and Ronald Reagan last January and passed by the U.S. Congress, the accord will bind the world's largest bilateral trading relationship -- last year's value was about $132.5 billion -- into a single duty-free market within ten years. Two days after the triumph, the Prime Minister's office announced that Parliament would meet Dec. 12 to approve the pact...