Word: droppings
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...racial issues, argue that their putative lead was always exaggerated. "In none of our polling did we expect to have Doug much over 51%," says Wilder pollster Mike Donilon. In other words, if the election was always destined to be a cliffhanger, there was no dramatic last-minute drop-off of Wilder's white support...
...yesterday's decision to drop the initiative will make it even more difficult to deal with the fiscal deficit without raising tax revenue, said Rep. Charles F. Flaherty (D-Cambridge), the House majority leader...
...help turn this environmentally-conscious, financially-sound vision into reality, students must commit now to show the administration that large-scale recycling can work. The most obvious means to show support for the current college-level recycling is to take the time to drop your waste paper in the recycling bin instead of the trash can. Additionally, students can volunteer to help sort and bale the paper...
...industry is getting the message. Rather than merely redistribute the existing late-night audience, Hall's show has attracted new viewers. Some urban contemporary radio stations have noticed a drop in their listenership when Hall is on the air. The inevitable TV imitators are starting to appear, notably The Byron Allen Show on CBS, a Saturday-night talk show with another black comic as host. Even fuddy-duddies like Carson and Sajak seem to be feeling the heat. Would rock acts like Simply Red and Stevie B. have been booked in the days before Hall...
...LEFT FOOT. Christy Brown was a poor lad who battled cerebral palsy to become a painter and author. Daniel Day-Lewis' triumph is nearly as spectacular: to play Christy with a streak of fierce, black-Irish humor -- and without a drop of TV-movie treacle...