Word: bork
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...nomination of conservative Judge Robert H. Bork has once again proven Dooley's insight. But in the case of Bork, whose judicial demeanor the Senate Judiciary Committee has spent the past two weeks examining, it's not yet clear which election return will play the deciding role. Will it be the election returns of 1984 that put Ronald Reagan and his conservative social ideals back into the White House? Or will it be the election of 1986 that gave the Democrats control of the Senate and control of the Judiciary Committee, which has dissected Bork in all but body...
DESCRIPTION: Robert Bork's contrasting views on Free Speech, Women, Privacy and Abortion...
...should have been the best of times, but it was the worst of times for Joseph Biden. For months it had been a truth universally acknowledged: that the Senator in want of the presidency could revive his flagging candidacy as he presided over the Robert Bork confirmation hearings. But, oh, the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune. Before Bork even took the witness stand, Biden learned the hard way that 1988 presidential politics has become a school for scandal. Now many believe that Biden's beleaguered candidacy has almost certainly shuffled off its mortal coil. But the defiant candidate still...
...thing is for sure: Joe Biden has surmounted his name-recognition problem. In fact, he received more exposure last week than he may be able to bear. Serious students of public affairs probably noticed that he performed competently, but far from memorably, at the Bork hearings. But what most voters are more likely to remember was the endless TV sequences of Biden's words on the campaign trail juxtaposed with almost identical oratory coming from the mouth of Robert Kennedy, Hubert Humphrey and British Labor Party Leader Neil Kinnock. English teachers in New Hampshire high schools were soon using Biden...
...Shultz- Shevardnadze agreement to agree opens the way to a summit in the U. S. -- and maybe a reversal of the missile race. Still, the Pentagon takes a big step toward getting SDI moving. -- Bork' s shifting positions puzzle Senators more than ever, as his chief inquisitor, Biden, runs into a storm over plagiarism. -- A Pat Robertson hat trick stuns Bush and G. O. P. regulars...