Word: deliverance
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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"A group of armed bandits hijacked a bus with30 schoolchildren and a teacher and demanded aplane to deliver them abroad," Albert Vlasov, headof the Soviet news agency Novosti, told a newsconference.
Almost everything. Dukakis learned the wrong lessons from the primaries. His campaign lacked a strategic vision, and until the last days, it failed to deliver a compelling message. It never respected the power of sound bites and commercials. It gravely misjudged George Bush. Worst of all, it allowed Bush to...
Powell, who retired from the Supreme Court last spring and was replaced by Anthony M. Kennedy, will also deliver a brief speech and answer questions at a 2:00 p.m. session in the Law School's Ames Courtroom. The moot court will begin at 7:45 p.m.
If 1960 was the year that television became a decisive factor in a national campaign, 1988 is the year that television was the campaign, a year in which one party, at its convention, deliberately muted the colors of the flag so they would televise better. To ensure that the news...
Stern may be right, but the larger truth is that the candidates trivialized their campaigns in order to meet the demands of commercial TV news. The past had taught them that although a candidate might deliver a thoughtful speech, if he tripped and fell as he left the stage, that...