Word: democratically
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Since Wyoming had not elected a Democrat to Congress since 1976, a Thomas defeat would have been especially painful for the G.O.P. The high symbolic stakes made for a vituperative campaign. Thomas' supporters spread a false rumor that his Democratic opponent, State Senator John Vinich, had filed a falsified report about an automobile accident. Vinich may have blown the race with exaggerated ads accusing the Republican of being soft on crime...
Bush's aides argue that these differences are a matter of approach and attitude rather than intent. "President Bush has not suddenly turned Democrat or liberal," says press secretary Marlin Fitzwater. "He shares the same goals as President Reagan, but like anyone, he has his own style." Bush also has a different hand to play. His party does not control either house of Congress. He was elected with no specific mandate. He lacks Reagan's gift for rallying public support via television, and the budget crunch leaves him few goodies to trade for political support. Says a senior Bush official...
...course. University of Utah President Chase Peterson, who was right there at the scientists' side, suggested that $25 million would be a nice sum to help his school set up a fusion research center. Some of the Congressmen appeared eager to oblige. "Today," rhapsodized Robert Roe, a New Jersey Democrat, "we may be poised on the threshold of a new era. It is possible that we may be witnessing the cold-fusion revolution...
...into a powerful symbol of the rising tensions between two countries that are close military and diplomatic allies but also archrivals for the economic leadership of the world. "What we're seeing is the emergence of an entirely new concept of national security," says Wisconsin Democrat Les Aspin, chairman of the House Armed Services Committee. "It embraces economics and competitive, commercial relations...
...Naval Ocean Systems ) Center in San Diego, where the dolphins have been trained, refuses to comment on their mission, which is classified, but claims they are highly dependable. A thorough investigation by the federal Marine Mammal Commission cleared NOSC of charges that it had abused dolphins, and Democrat Norman Dicks, a Washington State Congressman who sits on the House Defense Appropriations subcommittee, came away from a classified briefing on the project reassured that the animals "are more reliable than anything else we've got for this assignment...