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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Strength, credibility and vision would be the hallmarks of Bush's administration's foreign policy, the former ambassador to the United Nations told the capacity crowd, adding that the nation needs the neutron bomb, the B-1 bomber and heavy increases in defense spending...

Author: By William E. Mckibben, | Title: Bush Attacks Carter's Foreign Policy | 3/3/1980 | See Source »

...addition, Anderson has supported the Equal Rights amendment, SALT II, federal aid to the poor to offset rising energy costs, and federal aid for abortion. He has been a long-time supporter of civil rights; he has opposed development of the MX missile, the B-1 bomber, and a constitutional amendment to balance the federal budget...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Rational Republican... | 2/26/1980 | See Source »

...Nixon's sabotage program. Ed "Big Ed" Muskie, the Maine senator with "a free ride" to the Democratic nomination, breaks down on the back of a flatbed truck, flustered by Manchester Union-Leader publisher Generalissimo William Loeb. George McGovern, the soft-spoken South Dakotan teacher and World War II bomber pilot, reminds enough voters that Vietnam hasn't gone away to keep Muskie under 50 per cent and get his own candidacy rolling. Nixon? He's too engrossd with Peking, Chou En-Lai and the Great Wall ["It is indeed a great wall"] to worry...

Author: By James G. Hershberg, | Title: The Quadrennial Quest | 2/25/1980 | See Source »

...year of Republican hawks, Connally hasn't missed a beat. He stresses the need for an extensive build-up of United States armed forces. His stance on the military is clear: he is in favor of the MX missile, the B-1 bomber, the neutron bomb and a permanent U.S. presence in the Persian Gulf. Marching alongside his competitors for the nomination, Connally is the answer to Pentagon dreams. To counter the Soviet Union's aggressive moves in Afghanistan, Connally told New Hampshire voters at the Republican debate, "I think we should use whatever influence we have to turn...

Author: By Marc J. Jenkins, | Title: Whatever Happened to Big John? | 2/25/1980 | See Source »

...down exactly. Onstage with Floyd there's no spontaneity at all. They've got little pieces of tape everywhere, and if you stand in the wrong place they go crazy." The Pinkies' new stage show is an extravagantly literal representation of the album, including a smoking bomber with an 18-ft. wingspan that buzzes the audience on a guy wire and huge floats representing the song's major characters, among them a 30-ft. mom who inflates to appropriately daunting proportions with the throw of a toggle switch. There is also, of course, a wall, soaring...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Pinkies on the Wing | 2/25/1980 | See Source »

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