Word: doled
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Reagan didn't duck Dole. Despite his attempts to seem neutral, the President prefers his loyal Veep to Robert Dole, who over the years has let loose with some caustic comments about Reagan's management style. This preference was put to the test last month when Dole called Chief of Staff Howard Baker with terms for announcing his support of the INF treaty. Dole wanted an invitation to the White House and a joint appearance with Reagan when he declared for the treaty. Baker approved the plan. But Reagan angrily balked, called Bush and told him about Dole's proposal...
Nixon isn't ducking. Less reluctant support for Dole comes from a former occupant of the Oval Office. Richard Nixon, who favors Dole, has been quietly passing along advice and encouragement, mainly through intermediaries...
...first blush it would seem difficult for most of the class of '88 to cultivate such furrows of frustration. George Bush, Robert Dole, Richard Gephardt, Michael Dukakis, Albert Gore and Paul Simon have all made their names by being competent insiders. Yet almost every candidate, with the exception of Bush (who with his pedigree paternity and Washington resume virtually embodies the Establishment), is now trying to mine a populist vein...
...Dole has tried to pluck both the economic and cultural strings of populism. He preaches that the G.O.P. must show more "sensitivity" and "compassion" for society's have-nots. Contrasting himself with the patrician Bush, Dole emphasizes his humble background. He says he wants Iowans to recognize that "Bob Dole is one of us." Bush's demand that Dole release his tax returns, so as to display his affluence, was an attempt to dull Dole's populist luster...
...import fees. This is, in effect, a hidden tax; it raises gasoline prices at the pump without being directly visible to consumers. That is part of the reason that support for duties on imported oil cuts across the political spectrum, having won the endorsement of Gephardt, Gore and Dole as well. The rest of the equation is simply regional politics: such fees would amount to a windfall for domestic producers in Super Tuesday states like Texas and Louisiana by allowing them to raise their prices to match the new cost of imported oil. True, oil-import fees would spur energy...