Word: campaigners
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...campaign looked so negative because nofundamental issues were dividing the country,"Dionne said. "So little seemed at stake in thewar, so people dwelt on the methods of warfare...
...attractiveness may represent its tragic flaw. For the bomber, with all its promise, has seduced the American public, which has become enthralled with this sleek weapon. Consequently, politicians, from George Bush to Gov. Michael S. Dukakis, have been forced to register support for the Stealth. And Bush's campaign accusations that Dukakis wanted to cancel the Stealth, followed by Dukakis's strenuous denial, have made it appear that anyone who opposes the bomber is a defense "softy." What should have been a question for national security and defense experts has become a highly partisan political issue...
...reappointment. "Clearly, this is a man who shares our views about the importance of education," said Senator Edward Kennedy, a Massachusetts Democrat. Lamar Haynes of the National Education Association, a union representing 1.6 million schoolteachers, considered the selection a "hopeful sign that perhaps Mr. Bush will fulfill his campaign promise to become the 'education President...
...same kind of firm resolve will be needed in his Cabinet job, in which he will have a surfeit of needs but very little money. Bush's campaign goals include more funds for Head Start and $500 million for "merit schools" -- dollars that will be hard to find, given the pressures of the budget deficit. Balancing books may be difficult, but getting students to read them is Cavazos' main concern. "We've heard a lot about budget and trade deficits," he says. "We've got one that's equally dangerous -- the education deficit...
...Drexel and Milken of collaborating with convicted arbitrager Ivan Boesky to defraud the firm's clients, trade on insider information and conceal the true ownership of stocks -- all, presumably, in the pursuit of greater profits and power. Milken's lawyers, for their part, accuse the Government of a vindictive campaign based solely on self-serving testimony by Boesky. The potential racketeering charges against Drexel could hit the firm even harder than the civil suit, because federal law -- the Racketeering-Influe nced and Corrupt Organizations Act, or RICO -- would enable prosecutors to freeze a major portion of Drexel's assets...