Word: broads
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...healing powers when she stops a hemophiliac child's nosebleed. Testing out her strength on herself, Edna overcomes severe nerve damage in her legs to walk unassisted. If that's you God, thank you. Or whatever great, wonderful power there is in the Universe, thank you," Edna exclaims broad-mindedly. The issue remains open. The fact is that Edna has a gift, and she uses it to heal people at gatherings in barns and assembly halls...
...psychological shift occurred in American voters: they lost much of their desire or need to be part of a political majority, but instead formed themselves into single-issue constituencies, an oddly specialized and peculiarly destructive version of politics. In the era of single-issue politics, it is not a broad political agenda, a party's view of the nation, that is important, but gun control or abortion or ERA or women's rights or busing...
...fallen Democrats included several of the chamber's most powerful leaders and esteemed veterans, who fell partly because Ronald Reagan proved to have unexpectedly broad coattails, and partly because so many voters were in such a throw-out-the-Administration frame of mind that they did not hesitate to extend their anti-Carter ire to Democratic Congressmen. Lamented House Speaker Tip O'Neill: "It was a broad brush they tarred us with...
...Michigan, voters turned down a similar proposal that would have rolled back property assessments to 1978 levels, then cut taxes in half. The Tisch amendment, named after the Shiawassee County drain commissioner who drew up the proposal, at first had broad support led by homeowners and real estate developers, who believed that a revitalized economy would make up for the lost tax revenues. But Governor William Milliken, who had already cut more than $100 million from the budget this year, estimated that the amendment would cost the state an annual $2 billion. Michigan, Milliken said, would have to fire...
Having consulted with a broad spectrum of medical experts, U.S. officials want to postpone family reunions until after the hostages have gone through a "decompression period." Explains one of the psychologists who helped formulate the plan: "A family reunion, as long sought after as it may be, creates certain burdens. An emotional performance is required that the hostages may need some time to work up to." Some hostage families, however, are reportedly planning to fly to Wiesbaden despite official appeals to hold off. The Wiesbaden stopover is expected to take from three days to a week, depending on the hostages...