Word: buttoned
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Labels generally lack subtlety. A button that says RIGHT TO LIFE or RIGHT TO CHOOSE leaves little space for reservations. Yet some labels that were pejoratives have come in time to be worn proudly by the accused. Originally, Tory meant an Irish thief; gothic, now used to describe great cathedrals, was once a dismissing word for something wild and crude. In the great political transformation that has taken place since Roosevelt's day, politicians who once flaunted their liberalism have come to prefer softer labels such as progressive, moderate, pragmatic-or have sought to have it both ways...
...code, congressional district and past support for the N.R.A. The voting records of Congressmen and Senators, and their answers to an 18-question N.R.A. loyalty test, are also tabulated-and graded from A to F. When there is a battle to be waged, the press of a button can send Mailgrams to loyalists around the country. Within hours, Mail-grams and letters from supporters are on their way to Washington-rallying, cajoling and threatening the legislators...
Perched on the window sill of softball coach Kit Morris's office in the basement of 60 Boyiston Steet is a little red and gold stuffed frog, wearing a button that reads, "Girls' sports are important...
While his amphibious friend lolls in the sun, Morris is busy making sure that the message on the button reaches people in the Harvard community...
Baker rushed to tell Presidential Counsellor Ed Meese the news; Meese too had heard it. He had punched a button on a Secret Service computer that tracks the President; it showed that Reagan was at the hospital. Both hurried to the White House residence to inform Nancy but discovered that she was already on her way to the hospital. Back in his office, Baker took...