Word: electable
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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What a shame that we conservatives who worked to elect Ronald Reagan in 1980 will possibly not repeat that in 1984 because of a right-wing radical, "never compromising, out to reshape the world in his image." Don't coddle this redneck, Mr. President. He'll undo...
...were calling the second French Revolution. But on the Paris stock market, prices plunged and the franc hit a twelve-year low as investors paled at the prospect of Mitterrand's sweeping nationalization and economic reform plans. The major political parties began gearing up for a decisive parliamentary election that could lead to either a leftist majority or a paralyzing constitutional deadlock. Giscard and Paris Mayor Jacques Chirac, the Gaullist leader, clashed violently, endangering the survival of their strained coalition. The Communist Party, which had supported Mitterrand in the final round of the presidential contest, was clamoring for Cabinet...
...began. "Do you believe those figures? Can they change?" They could change, he said, but not the outcome: the spread between him and Giscard was decisive. Well, then, why was he standing there talking about the weather? What was his reaction to the fact that he was suddenly President-elect of France? Tsk, tsk, he replied, he would not react until after the polls had closed at 8p.m...
Before entering prison, however, Hoffa persuaded delegates to the union's 1966 convention to elect Fitzsimmons to the newly created post of general vice president, to watch over day-to-day Teamster affairs in the boss's absence. Fitzsimmons had worked for Hoffa in various union posts since 1934 and was considered little more than...
...purged at the Central Committee plenum. If such a move was in the works, Suslov may have been out to save the two men from an ignominious sacking. Suslov may also have urged a postponement of the Polish Party Congress, now scheduled for July, and inveighed against plans to elect delegates to it by a democratic secret ballot...