Word: demand
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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BUSH. Other candidates should demand equal time with Dan Rather...
...only way the United States can possibly hope to achieve peace in Central America and to bring about the stirrings of democracy in Nicaragua is through military, diplomatic, and economic pressure on the Sandinista regime--while still honoring the Arias Plan. This does not demand a continuation of the contra war, but a recognition that some military pressure exist to prod the Sandinistas into opening up their political system. While it is naive to expect the Sandinistas to agree to a coalition government including the rebels, it is certainly not unjustified to let the Nicaraguan people decide on its government...
...Each year in the U.S. hundreds of infants die who could have been saved by a new heart; literally millions of people with diseases like Parkinson's and Alzheimer's may eventually benefit from tissue implants. Should physicians manipulate the definitions of life and death to meet this growing demand for donor tissue? The question is taking on a new immediacy as doctors begin transplanting tissue from once unimagined sources: aborted fetuses and anencephalic newborns...
...keep their word. "We must make sure that each time the Sandinistas walk through a new door toward democracy, we close it behind them -- and keep it closed," Reagan declared. "Only the freedom fighters can do that." Despite recent Nicaraguan concessions, including a bow to Washington's long sought demand that the Sandinistas talk directly to the contras, Reagan charged that the Sandinistas had not made "good faith efforts" to achieve peace...
...economic and cultural strings of populism. He preaches that the G.O.P. must show more "sensitivity" and "compassion" for society's have-nots. Contrasting himself with the patrician Bush, Dole emphasizes his humble background. He says he wants Iowans to recognize that "Bob Dole is one of us." Bush's demand that Dole release his tax returns, so as to display his affluence, was an attempt to dull Dole's populist luster...