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Word: bushing (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...fact the media, that watchdog of democracy, has been sniffing around the White House so often now that it already has uncovered several Bush Administration scandals that it is just waiting to unload on an unsuspecting public. For those of you who can't wait to hear it from Sam Donaldson and Diane Sawyer on the new "Primetime Live," here are some of the scandals that will allow President Bush to take his true place among the recent set of Republican chief executives...

Author: By Neil A. Cooper, | Title: Bush League Scandals | 8/8/1989 | See Source »

That's only the official story though. We'll soon find out that the suitcase contained a photo of a drunken Bush making bunny ears behind the statue of John Harvard after a Harvard-Yale game in the 1940s. Bush wanted to dispose of the photo because he thought people might accuse him of "desecrating a national symbol," which could hamper the chances of his flag-burning amendment...

Author: By Neil A. Cooper, | Title: Bush League Scandals | 8/8/1989 | See Source »

Bloch, on Bush's orders, gave the suitcase to an agent of the CIA, not the KGB. That agent, in turn, brought the case to the youth group with which Ollie North is performing his court-ordered community service. Imitating "Uncle Ollie," the kids immediately shredded the bag's contents...

Author: By Neil A. Cooper, | Title: Bush League Scandals | 8/8/1989 | See Source »

...soon will be revealed that then-Vice President Bush was the one making Reagan drowsy by secretly slipping sleeping pills in the president's jelly bean jar. With the Gipper snoozing away, Bush was able to sneak into the Oval Office, say the pledge of allegiance and sing Yale fight songs while rolling around on the carpet...

Author: By Neil A. Cooper, | Title: Bush League Scandals | 8/8/1989 | See Source »

...surprising that North believed he had the authorization to conduct the arms-for-hostages swap. When the Marine walked into the office to let the president know what he was doing, the blindly obedient North must have mistaken Bush for Reagan...

Author: By Neil A. Cooper, | Title: Bush League Scandals | 8/8/1989 | See Source »

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