Word: dealing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...deal, until the Boston Herald ran a picture of the Chevy with its spanking-new inspection sticker in the window and the Governor and his driver standing nearby. Headline: DUKE FAILS TO STICK TO INSPECT LAW. Before long, the crack drive-time team at one of Cape Cod's largest radio stations began repeating the story, complete with sirens in the background, advising listeners that they too could avoid tickets if only they had a Governor riding in the backseat. The "Backseat Governor" spots tapped a well of venom toward Dukakis, who recently jacked up registration and driver's-license...
Bush thinks such caveats are unnecessary and could still scuttle the program. Republicans are calling the Byrd resolution a "sour-grape amendment" from those Democrats who lost the vote to kill the whole deal. But the Senate vote, 72 to 27, provided a large enough margin to override a veto. Whether the plane ever takes off or not, the Japan-bashing rhetoric remains in full flight...
Shalnev propsed a deal, asking, "How much do you want to bet on that...
Wright, first elected to Congress 34 years ago, remained in his Capitol office during the day. From there, he issued a statement proclaiming there would be "no deal" in which he would quit his post in exchange for dismissal of some of the ethics committee charges...
...statement, he said, "There is no deal now. There will be no deal in the future....I earnestly believe that I have committed no serious wrong in the conduct of my official duties or of my private affairs...