Word: bobbed
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...when Dole said that Iowa voters should "think of Bob Dole as one of us," he was referring not just to his regional proximity but to the hardscrabble heritage he shares with many of them. It was a matter of class, of culture, of sects, of tribes. The phrase revealed the bitter resentments against people like George Bush that seem to reverberate in Dole's dark inner soul. Bush, the quasi-New Englander, tried to usurp the "I'm one of you" line when his campaign moved to New Hampshire. But from his mouth it sounded a bit silly...
Limited partner. Bob Dole likes to joke that he opposes a Dole-Dole ticket because "I don't want to be Vice President." But when asked what Elizabeth would do as First Lady, he describes a more traditional role, like championing the cause of "abused children." Such presumption rankles Mrs. Dole, who says she would explore the "universe of options." The message: she will decide...
...that usually consume nominating politics. This year four candidates are nonetheless relying on the E word as a big part of their pitch, arguing that they can make it in November by reaching beyond their core supporters. A TIME poll taken last week by Yankelovich Clancy Shulman demonstrates that Bob Dole has the strongest claim to ecumenical appeal; Pat Robertson, Al Gore and Paul Simon have the least...
...Games is a 24-year-old plasterer from Cheltenham, England. Michael Edwards, also known as "Eddie the Eagle," points his toes downslope and fearlessly launches himself on some of the shortest flights known to man. A sweet-tempered cross between fictional Ski Jumpers Spuds MacKenzie and Bob Uecker, Edwards finished dead last (but at least not dead) in the 70-meter jump. He scored with the media and the great unfit majority tuning in with his cheerfully loony answers. (His favorite skier? John Paul II.) After Edwards' promotional appearance at a nightclub, we-are-not-amused British Olympic officials stamped...
...Olympics action, highlighted by the U.S.-Czechoslovakia hockey game. But gosh, Jim, it was only Monday. Still to come were two more dramatic hockey games, the skating artistry of "little Katya" and the battle of the Brians. Not to mention, back in the real world, the grudge match between Bob Dole and George Bush and the scramble among Democratic presidential hopefuls to survive New Hampshire. Talk about tired...