Word: doled
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Democratic opponent--and many Republicans--Gryska, a former chief surgical resident at Massachusetts General Hospital, is pro-choice. But with a socially moderate and fiscally conservative platform, he calls himself a "Weld Republican." Gryska vows to be tough on crime, abolishing parole for violent criminals, and supports Bob Dole's 15% tax cut, expanding iras and reducing the capital-gains...
...Mississippians in power--including Lott, G.O.P. chair Haley Barbour and Senator Thad Cochran. But Pickering is also keen to make his mark as his own man. Though not afraid to stake out a position on issues--he is pro-life, anti-gun control, supports a balanced-budget amendment, Dole's tax cut, welfare reform and the military's ban on homosexuals--he considers the TIME/CQ questionnaire too hypothetical to answer...
...Republicans would love to get this Senate seat. James Exon, the Democratic incumbent, is retiring after 18 years, and even Bob Dole has paid a neighborly visit to score some points for Hagel with the electorate. In a state where most voters are Republican, Hagel's challenge is to win back party members who helped give Ben Nelson two gubernatorial victories...
QUOTE OF NOTE: [On tobacco subsidies] "If we can ask single mothers to get off the public dole after two years...we can ask Philip Morris to get off the public dole...
Barile, a feisty 78-year-old, figures that if Bob Dole can run, so can he. Unlike the former Senate majority leader, however, this retired newspaper printer can cite an unsuccessful run for Fresno freeholder in the 1950s as his only political credential. Nevertheless, Barile says he is fed up with the Republicans. He calls George Radanovich a "nice fella" but charges his well-known opponent with blindly following Newt Gingrich: something Barile can be counted...