Word: democratic
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Yesterday, The New York Times chronicled the decline of the Greenville, Mississippi Delta Democrat-Times. In the 40 years that the paper was privately owned, it fought the racial intolerance of the Ku Klux Klan and the Mississippi legislature and struggled to get better schools for the area...
...approved the pact, the Canadian parliament had refused to accept it unless Mulroney called an election. The trade agreement quickly became the central issue of the campaign. Mulroney defended it as a strong effort to liberalize trade and spark economic growth, while his opponents--Liberal John Turner and New Democrat Ed Broadbent--argued that it jeopardized Canadian social programs...
...moderate, Johnston is the kind of Senator Bush needs if his programs are to have any hope of passage. And unawed as he is by Bush, Johnston fairly reflects the mood of Congress. "Bush should consider the possibility that ((we will)) keep his promises for him," says New York Democrat Pat Moynihan, reportedly among those supporting Mitchell for majority leader. "And that would destroy his presidency...
...ghost of the retiring William Proxmire haunted the race in Wisconsin, where Democrat Herbert Kohl turned Proxmire's legendary frugality on its head, yet somehow convinced voters that he most resembled their departing hero. A multimillionaire bachelor, Kohl, 53, spent $5 million of his own money to defeat Susan Engeleiter, 36, the Republican leader in the state senate. When Proxmire won re-election in 1982, he spent just $145. Yet, like Proxmire, Kohl refused contributions from special-interest groups and ran a populist, soak- the-rich campaign, calling for tax hikes for the wealthy. His affluence, he contended, meant that...
...rejected only one member of its congressional delegation who sought re-election. Thus when moderate Republican Senator Robert Stafford decided to retire after 18 years, the state's lone Congressman, seven-term Republican James Jeffords, 54, immediately was seen as his heir apparent. Jeffords had little difficulty defeating Democrat William Gray, a Burlington lawyer and former U.S. Attorney seeking his first elective office...