Word: conventioners
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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That slogan presumably can't be featured a second time, though. In fact, Atlanta hasn't actually settled on a slogan for its next stage. In a Wall Street Journal piece last winter, John Helyar suggested that in the spirit of New York as the Big Apple and New Orleans...
If John Kennedy's death stunned the nation, it almost crazed some people in Massachusetts. Those who had been close to Kennedy, in fact or by association, felt as if the bullet had struck them -- people in Brookline, where Kennedy was born; in Boston, his political base; in state politics...
Keep your distance, Duke. Negotiating a pre-convention Nightline interview, Dukakis aides wanted their man seated next to Ted Koppel, as Gary Hart had been. Koppel wanted the Duke in a separate studio. Unable to resolve the dispute, the Dukakis camp canceled the interview.
His fortune made, Bentsen returned to politics in 1970, taking on a fellow Democrat and populist icon, Senator Ralph Yarborough. With the help of the L.B.J.-Connally wing of the party, Bentsen won the primary in a brawl that was messy even by Texas standards. Bentsen linked Yarborough with antiwar...
For those eager to stay close to the convention area, one option is Bugatti in the Omni Hotel, which offers decent, if second-rate, Italian food in a comfortable setting. Far better is Nikolai's Roof, atop the Atlanta Hilton. Despite an annoying 6:30 and 9:30 seating policy...