Word: defeatism
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...REYKJAVIK SUMMIT raised hopes about an agreement for the abolition of nuclear weapons, but it appeared to founder on the President's intransigence over his Strategic Defense Initiative. One proposed utopia appeared to defeat another. How should we think about SDI and the long-term future of nuclear deterrence...
California, Rose Bird voted to overturn every death-penalty case that came before her. This made her unpopular in a state where 80% of the voters favor the death penalty. During the noisy campaign to unseat her, Bird maintained her dignity. Asked by reporters how she was taking her defeat, she smiled and said, "Just like...
Ronald Reagan, who campaigned in Maryland to defeat her, called Mikulski a "wily liberal." He was only half right. Liberal, certainly. Mikulski, a former social worker, got her start in politics almost 20 years ago by organizing a coalition of blacks and ethnics to block construction of a 16- lane highway that would have destroyed their homes. In five years on the Baltimore city council and five terms in Congress, she has defined her special constituencies as blue-collar workers, women, children and the aged...
...South gained three Republican governors and four Democratic Senators. In fact, 11 states elected a governor from one party and a Senator from the other. Finally, voters showed how much they love Reagan by rewarding him with nearly a 70 percent approval rating, but also with a significant defeat in the Senate. You figure...
...three losses in three games included a 21-0 humiliation at the hands of a ferocious Navy squad, an embarrassing 8-2 thrashing by Richmond, and a disappointing 13-7 defeat in a meaningless game to Washington...