Word: dolefully
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Bush, who was worried about his party's right wing, had hoped for consensus, but there was none to be found. The week before the convention, Bush asked his top advisers to list their three favorites for Vice President: none of the seven lists agreed. Bob Dole and Jack Kemp, both tested in the primaries, were obvious selections, but within the Bush camp they also inspired impassioned pleas of "anyone but Dole" and "anyone but Kemp." Their political prominence was also a disadvantage; Bush did not seem to want a running mate who had a strong independent record...
...team moved on to the Hilton hotel, where the National Education Association was holding a luncheon for Maureen Reagan. Azenha had heard that some of the vice-presidential contenders might be at the lunch, and he was hoping to interview them. But there was no sign of Bob Dole or Jack Kemp in the cavernous hall. Azenha managed to collar the President's daughter, who provided a few remarks. Later in the day, he interviewed Shirley Temple Black, a delegate from California, and Actor Charlton Heston...
MOST DISARMING RESPONSE TO THE "IT'S NOT YOU" PHONE CALL. The Doles: After George Bush told the couple that neither of them was the vice-presidential nominee, Liddy Dole called friends and said...
MOST DISARMING -- AND DOUBLE-EDGED -- RESPONSE TO THE NEW NOMINEE. Bob Dole's comment on calling to congratulate Quayle and learning he could not come to the telephone: "He was shaving -- for the first time...
...Baker found he had the same problem getting Bush to give up in 1980, to withdraw from the presidential race in time to position himself as a vice-presidential candidate. Bush does not yield easily, something he proved in his scrappy comeback after finishing behind both Robert Dole and Pat Robertson in this year's Iowa caucuses...