Word: bobbed
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Perhaps a little more responsibility on behalfof the Israelis would be refreshing," said SenateGOP Leader Bob Dole (R-Kansas). But Rep. CharlesSchumer (D-N.Y.) countered that blaming Israelwould be "turning the world on its head...
...doesn't know anything." The Bahamas, says a source close to the government, tried to dissuade the U.S. from naming Hecht as Ambassador, but now that he has been selected "there ain't nothing much you can do, just grin and bear it." And although Australian Prime Minister Bob Hawke went out of his way to praise nominee Sembler, his choice of words was less than stirring. Sembler "has taken great pains in recent weeks," said Hawke, "to acquaint himself with Australia...
House Republican Leader Bob Michel of Illinois told reporters that White House Chief of Staff John Sununu urged the GOP leadership this week to peak out more on the flag because it was a "wedge issues"--one that breaks the Democrats apart...
...failed to report the corruption at HUD until last spring, when an internal investigation jump-started the story. The entire episode says a great deal about shortcomings in the way the press covers Government. "Somebody, an editor or a reporter, should have said, 'Where is the money going?' " says Bob Woodward, assistant managing editor of the Washington Post...
Republican Bob Martinez is the first Governor to announce a special session of the state legislature to deal with abortion; he says he will call it sometime before mid-October. One legislator has already filed a bill mirroring the Missouri law upheld by the Supreme Court; pro-lifers plan to introduce further measures, including one allowing fathers to intervene in abortion decisions. But it is far from certain that any restrictions will be enacted. A poll in May found that 59% of Florida voters and 51% of state legislators consider abortion a private matter. Pro-choice Democrats will...