Word: bobbed
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...gauzy optimism has proved more boring than inspirational to voters; for months, he has idled near the bottom of the polls. Last week Pollyanna began to look more like Cruella De Ville: Kemp unleashed an uncharacteristically hard-nosed campaign that managed to rattle both George Bush and Bob Dole. In so doing, he elbowed his way into the "Bob and George" show and enhanced the prospect that he, rather than Pat Robertson, would become the conservative alternative to the two front runners...
...curio than a figure of powerful emotional relevance. This classic spinster (to whose portrayal Maggie Smith brings all the right moves but nothing very individual) is a Dublin piano teacher. Naturally she drinks a bit. Sometimes she drinks a lot. Her timorous gentility suggests to her landlady's brother (Bob Hoskins, with some of his spark plugs missing) the possibilities of untapped wealth -- enough of it, anyway, to finance a restaurant he wants to start. To Judith, his mercenary advances read as a last chance for romance...
...Pentagon's procurement czar, Costello will buy goods and services worth $170 billion this year. He must also oversee the costs of 2,600 weapons systems, as well as a bewildering variety of research and development projects. "Make no mistake," says Costello's boss, Defense Secretary Frank Carlucci, "Bob is undertaking one of the most demanding assignments in the department...
Dole has tried to pluck both the economic and cultural strings of populism. He preaches that the G.O.P. must show more "sensitivity" and "compassion" for society's have-nots. Contrasting himself with the patrician Bush, Dole emphasizes his humble background. He says he wants Iowans to recognize that "Bob Dole is one of us." Bush's demand that Dole release his tax returns, so as to display his affluence, was an attempt to dull Dole's populist luster...
...coaches, I think, look at the Beanpot differently than the players," Terrier Assistant Coach Bob Richardson says. "We're looking at our league. We want to finish strong in our league and then play in the NCAA Tournament...