Word: dukakises
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Gov. Michael S. Dukakis will meet today with House and Senate leaders to discuss the state's financial crisis and present ideas about eliminating the $721 million dollar deficit.
How could the steely Dukakis so lose his grip? Some say it took him months to get over the guilt of waging so flimsy a campaign. Others found confirmation of longstanding misgivings about Dukakis, the odd and uncomfortable politician so pathetically incapable of relating to others. Example: never did he...
Whatever the reason, Dukakis' free fall was remarkable. His cherished Massachusetts miracle was in tatters. In a rare admission of fault, he told an aide, "I missed the politics of it all." He had believed the public would go along with more taxes. To many, the Governor seemed back where...
As news of his wife's plight spread last week, Dukakis seemed to gather sympathy. He stayed for hours at his wife's bedside, looking drawn and hurt as he emerged from the hospital. Perhaps the dutiful husband had endured enough. Even within his own family, patience with Kitty was...
On a big day for black candidates, Wilder garners just enough white votes to win a narrow victory. His crossover strategy: soft-pedal race and stress abortion rights. -- Why both sides are downplaying a U.S. payment to Iran. --Kitty and Mike Dukakis suffer a nightmare year.