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Word: dukakises (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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In the coming months, Dukakis faces a battle over next year's budget with an angry legislature while still facing this year's revenue shortfall.

Author: By Michael J. Bonin, | Title: Budget Woes, Gubernatorial Race Dominate State Political Scene | 2/1/1989 | See Source »

A year ago, as a candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination, Gov. Michael S. Dukakis campaigned across the country touting the "Massachusetts Miracle." Aides to powerful Senate President William M. Bulger, a Democrat, were quietly talking about a campaign for state-wide office. And no rational politician dared make designs...

Author: By Michael J. Bonin, | Title: Budget Woes, Gubernatorial Race Dominate State Political Scene | 2/1/1989 | See Source »

Dukakis's proposed fiscal 1990 budget--which was unveiled last week and calls for a 12.4 percent increase in state spending--is already under attack from legislative leaders, who denounced the $13.4 billion plan, saying the governor is unaware of the state's "new fiscal realties."

Author: By Michael J. Bonin, | Title: Budget Woes, Gubernatorial Race Dominate State Political Scene | 2/1/1989 | See Source »

Senate Ways and Means Committee Chair Patricia MacGovern (D-Lawrence), whose committee must approve the budget, has requested that Dukakis rescind his proposal and overhaul the plan before resubmitting it.

Author: By Michael J. Bonin, | Title: Budget Woes, Gubernatorial Race Dominate State Political Scene | 2/1/1989 | See Source »

During the Atlanta convention, he had 20 telephone lines in his hotel suite. At least twice a day, he met with the Dukakis camp, using a three-page game plan he had hammered out with Jackson and his entourage during an all-night session in Nashville the Friday before the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Running As His Own Man: RONALD BROWN | 1/30/1989 | See Source »

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