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Word: doleful (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Liddy Dole gets eyebrows moving but is in no danger of overshadowing Bush - but methinks Bush wants a buddy, not a fembot. Frank Keating wasn't a dark horse until he told us he was; too safe to be a surprise. Chuck Hagel has got foreign policy cred and independent cred, but it's doubtful Bush wants anybody who's on John McCain's speed-dial. That leaves John Kasich, the House budget guru and rock 'n' roller who has been written off as too young for a ticket short on presidential experience. But try this...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Yee-haw! In GOP Veepstakes, It's the Last Roundup | 7/23/2000 | See Source »

...lobbyist I know says Elizabeth Dole is a possibility again...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In D.C., Mash Notes Are Flying for McCain | 7/21/2000 | See Source »

ELIZABETH DOLE Too syrupy sweet but gender a plus. Red Cross is compassion. But can they get along...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Campaign 2000: In This Episode of Survivor... | 7/17/2000 | See Source »

George W. Bush did better at the NAACP convention than Bob Dole did a few years back, but then again, Bush actually showed up. Dole never addressed the group, accusing NAACP president Kwesi Mfume of "trying to set me up" with his invitation. That wasn't a hard act to follow...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NAACP Claps for Bush; Votes Unlikely to Follow | 7/11/2000 | See Source »

...After their candidate left to polite applause, Bush spinmeisters sought to lower expectations. They are wise to do so - this is a crowd that goes overwhelmingly Democrat (Dole got 14 percent of the black vote, and Bush's dad did even worse), and will doubtless give Al Gore's Jesse Jackson impression Wednesday a much friendlier response. But the Texan seemed to have gotten credit for showing up and owning up to the GOP's very white track record...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NAACP Claps for Bush; Votes Unlikely to Follow | 7/11/2000 | See Source »

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