Word: doled
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...united front usually exhibited by farm-state legislators, in which each protects the others' commodities, showed signs of weakness. Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman Jesse Helms of North Carolina had his staff draw up a bill that mainly protected tobacco and peanuts, important products of his state. Senator Robert Dole of Kansas quietly worked on his own version, eventually adopted by the committee, which doubled Reagan's proposed subsidies for wheat and corn. Reagan further fractured farm unity by promising Southern Democrats, whose votes he needed for his economic package, that he would not oppose their sugar and peanut...
...among friends,"said Republican Robert Dole of Kansas. Lest there was any doubt, the other 17 male members of the Senate Judiciary Committee hastened to reassure the woman sitting before them that perfect civility would mark what one called the " historic occasion." The courtliness displayed at last week's confirmation hearings was so eiffusive that it seemed surprising that the green baize tablecloth had not been changed to pink, the better to honor Arizona's Sandra Day O'Connor, 51, the first woman nominated to be a Justice of the Supreme Court...
Carnes and her husband Dave Ellingson have collaborated on songs recorded by Sinatra (You Turned My World Around) and Streisand (Love Comes from Unexpected Places), keeping themselves comfortably off the dole while they waited for Kim's career to take off. Kenny Rogers, who like Kim and Dave is a Christy Minstrels alum, gave a boost last year when he recorded one of their tunes, Don't Fall in Love with a Dreamer, as a duet with Kim. That chart pacer paved the way. Carnes had a successful follow-up single on her own, but Bette Davis Eyes...
More intriguing is the possibility that the 102nd Justice will be the first woman appointee. Last October Reagan pledged that he would fill "one of the first vacancies" with a woman. Among the names under speculation: former Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Carla Hills. White House Aide Elizabeth Dole (wife of Senator Robert Dole) and U.S. Appeals Court Judge Cornelia Kennedy, who is known for her hard line in criminal cases. Insiders expect the nominee to be named soon, whatever the sex, to give the Senate plenty of time to begin the confirmation process before its scheduled August recess...
...advice of Dole, who strongly favors a legitimate compromise rather than a deal with dissident conservative Democrats, the White House invited the top Democratic leadership to a meeting this week. Dole urged the President to soften his hard stance and prevent a drawn-out battle neither side could be sure of winning. But Administration officials felt the time had come to prepare for possible battle, and three Southern Democrats, considered potential allies, were invited to the White House late last week. Plans were also made for a $4 million media campaign financed by the Republican National Committee, featuring the Oval...