Word: bushes
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...Election day. Vice President George Bush defeats Gov. Michael S. Dukakis to become the 41st president of the United States. Sen. Edward M. Kennedy '54-'56 (D-Mass.) and U.S. Rep. Joseph P. Kennedy II (D-Mass.) both win re-election. In a hotly contested local election, Democratic nominee Thompson beats incumbent Graham by more than 3000 votes. Graham backers vow to contest the election, alleging that Thompson supporters sabotaged the voting machines and removed Graham's write-in stickers from ballots...
...height of last summer's presidential campaign, then-Vice President George Bush charged that his opponent, Gov. Michael S. Dukakis--a Law School graduate and former Kennedy School lecturer--had spent too much time in the "liberal boutique" that is Harvard...
...despite his Harvard-bashing campaign rhetoric, Bush relied heavily on his own cadre of ivory tower advisors, even citing by name Baker Professor of Economics Martin S. Feldstein '61 during his first televised debate with Dukakis...
...after the campaign, Bush selected more than his fair share of aides from the "boutique...
...Despite Bush's campaign rhetoric to the contrary, the Bush Administration made a sincere effort to find the best people," says Singer. "We're pleased they found them at the Kennedy School...