Word: doled
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...Republicans) believe Bush was more deeply involved in Iranscam than he has so far told the American public. Bush's favorable image among Republicans and independents has fallen from 68% to 63% since a similar TIME poll last May. In that survey, Bush and Kansas Senator Robert Dole had the same 68% favorable rating; Dole has since dropped too, to 64%. The Vice President also suffers by comparison when Republicans are asked to describe the political characteristics of likely G.O.P. candidates. Among Republicans who say they are familiar with...
...Dole, for example, 81% consider him a "strong and decisive leader." Only 50% say the same about Bush. Dole also scores better among Republicans for such qualities as trustworthiness and having new ideas and "sympathy for the problems of ordinary people." Bush edges out Dole only on having the "experience to be President." Republican voters are less familiar with Jack Kemp (only 28% of Republicans said they know a lot or even a little about Kemp), but 71% of those who know of the New York Congressman call him a strong leader. The supply-sider scores well with Republicans...
Congress last year approved a request by Transportation Secretary Elizabeth Dole for funds to add 1,000 new controllers over two years. Dole claims, with little support, that the "system was way overstaffed before the strike" and that new "air-flow" procedures have made it possible for fewer controllers to handle more flights safely...
Langdon, who has since retired, wrote to Transportation Secretary Elizabeth Dole protesting what he called a "cover-up." Dole did not respond, but FAA Chief Donald Engen says "there is no basis in fact for what Mr. Langdon states . . . When you get down to it, you find it to be a labor-management issue...
...final 40% of the $100 million in aid for the contras that it approved last year. The fear that Congress might cut off aid to punish the White House for slipping Iranian arms-sale profits to the contras has faded; reliable nose counters like Senate Republican Leader Robert Dole discern a majority in favor of continued help. But it is an extremely thin one -- perhaps 51 to 49 in the Senate -- and vulnerable to any change in the political winds...