Word: bobbed
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...timing was almost perfect. His dustup came only two weeks before the Iowa caucuses, where he is trailing Bob Dole in the polls. For a candidate seeking to generate support from conservatives, getting mugged by Dan Rather and then beating him off was the political equivalent of winning a Purple Heart. "I can't really explain it, but a chord was hit," Bush said during a swing through South Dakota two days later. "I suppose people saw a guy up there by himself, standing up for what he believes...
...Bob Dole, who had the most to lose by the Bush-Rather dustup, took the long view. Advisers counseled him to maintain a judicious silence, but he could not resist a barbed comment about Bush's born-again aggressiveness. "If you can't stand up to Dan Rather," he said sharply, "you've got to deal with Gorbachev and a few other people." Dole also noted that the affair was another indication that the Iran-contra issue will not go away...
Bush's ripostes to Rather were the capstone to a month-old "get tough" campaign orchestrated by Media Adviser Ailes and other staffers. "If somebody hits him," says Lee Atwater, "Bush is going to try to hit back harder." In recent weeks, Bush has jabbed at Alexander Haig, tweaked Bob Dole, and lit into James P. Gannon, editor of the Des Moines Register, for what he claims was unfair reporting about his role in the Iran-contra affair. Two weeks ago, at an "Ask George Bush" gathering in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Bush waded into the audience, seized a piece...
...leading Republican contenders were well known when the race began, they have already buried several important myths by the side of the campaign trail. After two months of nasty wisecracks about Bush's privileged background, it is hard to remember all the solemn discussions of the "new" Bob Dole, a man whose rapier wit allegedly had been sheathed by marriage and maturity. In truth, there is nothing like a new Dole; there remains a cutting edge, even a mean streak, to much of his humor. But there are healthy signs that he can direct the barbs at himself when warranted...
...vendeuses -- all pretty, some titled -- were bringing gorgeous garments out to clients. Some of the clients were dyed blonds, past first youth and swaddled in mink. But there were young beauties too, including Lucy Ferry, wife of Rock Star Bryan Ferry, who was swanning around in her Louise Brooks bob, sporting a brown broad-brimmed straw hat topped by, yes, a huge pink branch. Another woman tried on an exquisite Arlesian fichu. She had it on backward, but it was still charming. Acting out their dress-up fantasies, or simply getting to the changing cabins, they all seemed to trip...