Word: dolefully
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...exception of Gephardt--a "pandering populist" whose flip-flops on a number of important issues and support for protectionist trade legislation reveals him as the cynical political opportunist he is--Gore is the only Democratic candidate capable of succeeding in the South Vice President George Bush or Sen. Robert Dole...
Vice President George Bush, bidding to extend his winning streak in New England, led Bob Dole last night in the Vermont Republican presidential primary, as Massachusetts Gov. Michael S. Dukakis defeated four other Democrats in the low-key, low-stakes tuneup for Super Tuesday...
...Dole was flush with endorsements in his effort to challenge the vice president in his Yankee backyard. Pat Robertson and Rep. Jack Kemp (R.-N.Y.) put up little effort and lagged far behind the GOP frontrunners...
With 58 percent of Vermont's precincts reporting, Bush had 9838 votes or 49 percent, compared to Dole with 8168 and 40 percent. Robertson, whose supporters said they were focusing on the April caucuses, had 5 percent and Kemp had just 4 percent...
Bush had established his standing in New England with a dramatic victory in New Hampshire over Dole and a victory over Robertson in Maine...