Word: concessioner
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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"I am very, very concerned about the future of this commonwealth and very concerned about the voter feeling that was demonstrated today," a stunned Keverian said in his concession speech. "And I hope it has ended with this election."
For the moment, an uneasy equilibrium was reached. By most accounts, the U.S. had pumped sufficient firepower into Saudi Arabia to deter an Iraqi attack but not enough to retake Kuwait by force. The interim was giving both sides time to work out just what they were willing to fight...
Readers eager to forget the dispiriting 1988 Bush-Dukakis race might be put off by the dust jacket of this book. It promises that would-be First Lady Kitty Dukakis will take us "behind the scenes to show us what it was really like on the national campaign trail." But...
His popularity and state budget may be anemic. But when the lame-duck Governor was asked whether he would ever run for President again, he said, "I don't think you rule it out, I don't think you rule it in." Retorted comic Jay Leno: "I hear he's...
Despite the concession to Yeltsin's demand for faster change, the committee is packed with Gorbachev supporters. Alongside Boris Fyodorov, 32, Yeltsin's finance minister, sit several of the President's closest advisers. Before Sept. 1, when Gorbachev returns from his summer vacation in the Crimea, the committee is to...