Word: cuomo
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...perhaps a taste of campaign sniping yet to come. At the 23rd anniversary dinner of New York's Conservative Party, George Bush, already itching for the 1988 Republican nomination, went after a Democrat who claims that he is not seeking his party's nomination: New York Governor Mario Cuomo. Bush accused Cuomo of "pitting one American against another" and "telling us to be ashamed to stand up and say we're proud of this great land...
...York State legislature last week passed a bill that will also raise barriers to unwanted takeovers. Under it managers of New York-based companies could block hostile moves for up to five years. Said Governor Mario Cuomo, who has announced that he will sign the legislation: "This will definitely slow down some hostile takeovers. Our experience has been that while some takeovers are designed to create a more efficient organization, many others are just rip-offs...
...attempts to curtail corporate consolidations will be opposed by many Wall Streeters and takeover specialists. They argue that such action will only safeguard the jobs of incompetent company executives. Says Pickens: "What the Fed and Cuomo are doing is wrong. It will just further entrench entrenched management. They will finally get all doors closed so that they can go about their business as usual...
...press conference question. He expressed sympathy for the predicament of a child who cannot comprehend "why somehow he is now an outcast." Yet the President also said he "can well understand the plight of the parents and how they feel" about possible dangers. New York Governor Mario Cuomo told the New York Post that he "would be scared to death" to send his 15-year-old son Christopher to a class with an AIDS victim, but urged compassion for children with the disease. Another view was expressed by former First Lady Betty Ford, who at the Los Angeles benefit received...
...controversies were just as intense and at times even more widespread. Presley shook up the whole country; the Sex Pistols played yet another funeral march for the British Empire. Things simmered down with time, which is probably what is most needed now. Even liberals like New York Governor Mario Cuomo have voiced concern about explicit lyrics. Danny Goldberg, president of Gold Mountain Records, has organized his own group to counter the influence of the P.M.R.C., but readily admits, "I empathize with parents who are shocked to see what happens as their kids grow...