Word: doled
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Inthe GOP Nebraska primary Bush had 53,470 or 73 percent to Dole's 16,106 or 22 percent. Inactive candidate Pat Robertson had 3466 or 5 percent...
Nebraska was something of a different story. Bush was gaining 75 percent of the vote, and campaign dropout Bob Dole from next door Kansas was winning 21 percent...
...Dole's enduring regional popularity aside, Bush's relatively low vote total seemed further evidence of the difficulty he might face in farm states in the fall campaign. The vice president lost races in Iowa, South Dakota and Minnesota before routing the field to clinch the nomination...
...tumultuous 1968 race: Democrats Hubert Humphrey, Eugene McCarthy and Robert Kennedy each had a turn on the cover, as did Republicans Nelson Rockefeller and Richard Nixon, the eventual winner. The proliferation and unpredictability of primary elections have made us more cautious over the years. When Robert Dole took the Iowa caucuses last February, we wanted to see more evidence of his strength before making him a cover choice. Sure enough, Dole lost in New Hampshire to George Bush. The Vice President's 1988 campaign efforts did not make the cover until after his Super Tuesday sweep of 16 primaries...
Reagan renewed his veto threat and promised to work later for a milder version in a letter Tuesday to Senate Minority Leader Bob Dole of Kansas...