Word: different
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Phillies-Pirates doubleheader could have stirred up a lot more interest: the candidates present no jarring political differences. Both struggle to reign supreme at the middle-of-the-road. Just like everybody nowadays, they favor increased military expenditures and reduced federal taxation. They differ, in a significant way, only over abortion. In a curious twist, Spector, the Republican, opposes a constitutional amendment to ban abortion, while-Flaherty, an Irish-Catholic, sympathizes with the pro-life position...
Returning power to political leaders would mitigate the influence of early primaries and the emphasis upon unelected "media candidates," most of the experts agree. But they differ over how to inject this power into party officials, and especially over the likelihood of doing so after a decade of "democratic" reforms...
...neutron bomb and cancel the B-l bomber. Carter contends that the cruise missile has made the B-l obsolete but he has, with some campaign fanfare, suggested that a bomber employing "stealth" radar-baffling technology may be built instead. Both candidates support the new MX missile, although they differ about how the land-based weapon should be deployed...
...Soviets, Carter almost derailed the whole SALT process and had vast difficulties finally negotiating the treaty, which is still unratified by Congress. Nevertheless, the President repeatedly cites his commitment to arms control and Reagan's opposition to the SALT pact as the most significant issue on which they differ in this election. Carter's position is clearly more realistic because SALT II promises at least a modest cap on the Soviet arms buildup and Reagan has not satisfactorily explained why the Soviets would accept the deep cuts he wants any more than those proposed by Carter...
...Biogen development will differ from research conducted at Harvard and MIT in one main way--products of the research will be manufactured, at least in limited quantities, requiring what Muller termed an "upscaling" of the whole process...