Word: commoner
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Unless something happens to shake the process and skew turnout, George Bush is our nominee. It's going to be real difficult for Bob Dole to overcome some of these numbers." That statement, by an uncommitted Republican strategist in last week's Washington Post, is a common appraisal of how the 1988 presidential election has unfolded...
...Judicial Board has not yet formulated any specific rules or regulations that will govern student behavior. The board is designed to create a common law of sorts through its decisions on specific cases...
...common knowledge that the engine that runs the Harvard men's squash team revs higher and works harder. In a road test yesterday at Hemenway Gym, the racquetmen powered past Tufts, 9-0, lending more cerdence to the Crimson's reputation for cosmic greatness...
...that story, among many other things, experts claimed that what Coach Al Campanis more recently declared was true: blacks are less buoyant. If there are significant genetic differences between blacks and whites, the ability to spew psuedohistorical nonsense about racial distinctions is one trait both races have in common and in abundance...
...Washington insider, has become the Democrat most determined to play the populist card. In speeches and commercials, he has designed the finale of his Iowa caucus campaign around a furious attack on "corporate America." In one recent speech, Gephardt castigated the "Establishment" in 21 different allusions with a common thread: "The Establishment is separated from the consequences of its own opinions." His tough stance on foreign trade appeals to a nativist streak that is an undercurrent of populism. Bruce Babbitt's best applause comes when he denounces corporate executives who get large bonuses while cutting workers' benefits. He has called...