Word: electable
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...cavalier hats with white plumes, and high-collared white and purple shirts-will step off in Ronald Reagan's Inaugural parade after all. For a while, however, it did not look good for the 58 musicians, 14 color guard members and 24 pom-pom persons from the President-elect's home-town high school band...
...word of Dixon's disappointment got around Washington, Inaugural Band Coordinator Terry Chambers reconsidered his lineup and found room for at least one more band. Late last week the joyful Dukes got the word that, "as a special request from the President-elect," their show could go on. The capes and plumes also helped. Chambers acknowledged that a major reason for Dixon's invitation was that their outfits were not like any of the others...
...strike leader at the Lenin Shipyard during the 1970 food price riots. Fired for his attempts at labor organizing in 1976, he found work in a machine repair shop and helped found the underground Baltic Free Trade Unions Movement. He was sent as a delegate to the official union elections in 1979, but was outraged to find the local party secretary controlling the vote. "Why have I come here, to elect or to applaud?" he demanded. The answer: an unceremonious sacking...
...spent much time posing for the portrait-bearing gold medal they get as an Inaugural gift. But Ronald Reagan not only agreed to three sittings, he had a life mask made. Only Abe Lincoln, whose likeness was sculpted in 1860, had been so masochistic. For 20 minutes the President-elect sat motionless, slathered crown to collarbone with silicone goop, straws jutting from his ears and nostrils. After the 20-minute ordeal, Sculptor Edward Fraughton pronounced him a model model: "He's used to being made up." But not quite so heavily. "Boys," cracked Reagan, "there's one take...
...will beat inflation by boosting productivity and business output. They argue that the U.S.'s economic ills have been caused primarily by excessive taxes, which have removed the incentive of individuals and companies to work harder producing goods and services. Board Member Greenspan, a close adviser to President-elect Reagan, argued that the program must be put in place quickly if the public is to believe that the new Administration is really serious about stopping the price spiral...