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Word: chiefdom (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Usage:

...Yorkers were voting out Congressman John LeBoutillier because he gave you the creeps, all of you were also sending Ronald Reagan "a message." The message read: reduce unemployment, bring down the deficit. The President was being told what practically all U.S. Presidents are told two years after their chiefdom is hailed: no mandate is forever. In presidential elections one votes for the sky. In off-year elections one looks at the street...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Election '82: AMERICA'S MESSAGE | 11/15/1982 | See Source »

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