Word: dolefully
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...probably heard of Robertson's renegade band of GOP activists. Earlier this month, they ambushed Vice President George Bush in lowa, outdistancing the national frontrunner to take second place behind Sen. Robert Dole. In Hawaii they delivered 82 percent of the vote for Robertson. Quite an accomplishment for a man who claims to have diverted hurricanes and has supported a deficitcutting measure to defy all others--declaring "a year of jubilee," in which all debts would be forgiven...
...Dole says most Americans want an "insider," a president who knows how to cut deals with Congress. Perhaps Dole is right. But mom wants a president who will confront the Washington bureaucracy and the liberals in Congress. She is not looking for a great compromiser, but a great reformer...
...tanned, he's rested, he's ready: Nixon in '88. Those T-shirt people were on to something. Nixon is back, this time as a political analyst for the London Sunday Times and the Los Angeles Times Syndicate. Some of the pronouncements from his first column: Dole ran a "determined, effective campaign" in Iowa, but "Bush is still the man to beat." Kemp is "building ^ a powerful case for the second spot on the ticket." Most curious is his prescription for the Democrats in the likely event of a deadlocked convention. Cuomo probably won't run, Nixon says, because...
...shadow of a man. A somber voice-over intones, "After 20 years of walking in the footsteps of giants, isn't it odd that George Bush has left no footprints at all? It's almost like he was never there." This TV commercial had not been used, but Dole aides artfully leaked news of its existence last week. They called it their "tactical nuclear weapon," ready to air if Bush tried any negative ploy or increased his lead going into New Hampshire. Dole, once enthusiastic about the ad, lost his stomach for it by the end of last week. Perhaps...
After thrashing George Bush in Iowa, Bob Dole suddenly has the aura of a champion. -- Two natural adversaries, Michael Dukakis and Richard Gephardt, are in a fight for the soul of the Democratic Party. --Pat Robertson leads a moral revolt that other politicians ignore at their peril, says Essayist Garry Wills. -- Two killings in Los Angeles raise issues of race and class bias...