Word: campaigned
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Darman has discussed some options for raising revenue short of higher income taxes. Do you construe such changes as breaking your "no new taxes" campaign promise...
...back and do a lot of research on the campaign. Go back and check. You know, Dukakis got on me on ((the Administration's surcharge for)) catastrophic illness, claiming that was a tax. I said, "I don't think it was a tax." That might be a helpful guide ((to what I mean...
...team's loudmouthed and intrusive owner, George Steinbrenner. But last week Steinbrenner was officially forgiven and rehabilitated by an old sportscaster -- Ronald Reagan. In one of his last official acts as President, Reagan pardoned Steinbrenner for illegally funneling $100,000 to Richard Nixon's 1972 presidential re-election campaign, for which the boss had been fined $15,000 and banned from the Yankees' management for 15 months. Said Steinbrenner, who is better known for berating players and managers than offering thanks: "I am very grateful...
When it comes to teaching right from wrong, few people are more qualified than convicted Watergate conspirator Jeb Magruder. Now a minister in Columbus, the former Nixon aide, who pleaded guilty to perjury, heads the city's Commission on Ethics and Values, which last week launched a campaign aimed at inspiring honesty in local citizens. The group was created last year, after the door of an armored car popped open, spilling about $1 million onto a highway; most of the cash was never returned. Funded by private donations, the "Take an Honest Look" campaign will feature forums, TV spots...
...Michael Boskin, 43, is a trusted adviser and an open- minded scholar who could help restore genuine authority to the job. Says Robert Litan, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution: "For the first time in recent memory, the incoming chairman is someone who was deeply involved during the campaign...