Word: conventioners
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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SEVEN months after the lowa caucuses, one-and-a-half months after the Democratic Convention, Gov. Michael Dukakis does not know the difference between being on top of a ticket and leading a party.
He showed he was a capable speaker at the Democratic Convention. He needs to bring his speaking skills to people most wanting to heed what he has to say.
And though campaign advisers do not necessarily get administration posts, people who follow the election say that Dukakis would fill a few of his top foreign affairs posts from the K-School faculty--tapping in particular the military expertise of departing Dean Graham T. Allison '62 and Ford Foundation Professor...
In American politics, shows of familial affection have always cloyed, but things are out of hand. You can hardly see the candidate through the thicket of loving kin. Mr. and Mrs. Dukakis danced and smooched and hugged so effectively in public that George Bush, faced with an ominous family gap...
"In our meetings down at the convention, the Ivy coaches get together and the one thing the coaches talked about was how Yohe is dangerous when he's in trouble. Well, I said, 'just don't put him in trouble. Let him stay in the pocket and throw.'"