Word: conventioners
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Reagan accomplished his landslide partly because of his masterly exploitation of the American mood. He both contributed to the sense of optimism and purpose and profited from it. In a way, he also benefited from two developments in the Democratic Party: the candidacies of Jesse Jackson and Geraldine Ferraro. If...
The subject was not a new one for Kirkpatrick, who told TIME editors at a meeting in Dallas during the Republican National Convention that she sympathized with Geraldine Ferraro in her pioneering role as the first woman vice-presidential candidate. While political opportunities for women are opening, she continued, "it...
The exchange well illustrated the divisions that have grown in France's ruling Socialist Party after three years in power. Agriculture Minister Michel Rocard stunned the 700 delegates at the party's annual convention held outside Paris last week by sharply criticizing the administration of Socialist President Francois...
Neither the party nor the country has been able to digest easily Mitterrand's switch in June 1982, from a big-spending economic policy to the current tough austerity program that has reduced inflation to 7% while leaving a record 10.1% French workers unemployed. To many left-wing voters...
The President's TV defense overshadowed Premier Laurent Fabius' ringing final admonition to the Socialist convention, in which he declared: "It is absolutely essential to avoid turning back, to avoid the reaction sought by the right, which would bring this country economic traumas and social shocks." Fabius asked...