Word: doles
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Lujan as Secretary of the Interior; Samuel K. Skinner, a former U.S. Attorney from Illinois, to be Secretary of Transportation; and former Congressman Ed Derwinski of Illinois to head the new Department of Veterans Affairs. Two days later, Bush added a woman to his Cabinet when he named Elizabeth Dole, who was Secretary of Transportation under Ronald Reagan and is the wife of Senate Minority Leader Bob Dole, to be Secretary of Labor...
Mitchell also planned to meet tomorrow with Sen. Bob Dole of Kansas, re-elected by Republicans to a third term as their leader earlier yesterday...
...Quayle selection underscores, Bush values loyalty more than brilliance. He is not comfortable with either ideologues or intellectuals, preferring the company of achievers like himself, many of them from the business world. Dole or Kemp would have challenged Bush, causing him constant worry, while Quayle promised to be a team player, a trustworthy subordinate, as Bush was to Reagan. Similarly, Bush may consult strong-willed and brilliant people such as Jeane Kirkpatrick and Henry Kissinger, but they will not have key roles in the Bush Administration...
...leaders, even while liking Bush personally, are determined to assert their own agenda in the face of what they sense to be a weaker personality moving into the White House. Bush may get little help, even a bit of sabotage, from his own party's Senate minority leader, Robert Dole...
...shown different faces to the world, prompting some observers to wonder just which George Bush will show up for the Inauguration: The moderate, traditional Republican who ran in 1980, or the right-tilting conservative on the stump this year? The George-the-Ripper hardballer who upset an overconfident Dole and Dukakis, or the kinder, gentler George who claims to be haunted by hungry children? The answer, of course, is a bit of each: Bush will be determined to do whatever it takes to complete the mission...