Word: electable
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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After only three days as president-elect, Ronald Reagan has begun to rumble about early congressional approval for "across-the-board" cuts in taxes and federal spending, a freeze on federal hiring, and specific reductions in the budget for fiscal year...
...country's overwhelming support for President-elect Ronald Reagan yesterday is more an indication of widespread voter dissatisfaction with the Carter administration than of a conservative up-surge in the nation, Harvard professors said last night...
...United States should fear Reagan because of his "total lack of judgment and reliance on people who are trigger-happy," James C. Thomson, curator of the Nieman fellowships, said. He added, however, that he believes the president-elect's victory may have a silver lining: "Fighting Carter was like punching pillows--now we really have clear-cut evil to deal with...
Against the backdrop of the American flag, Carter said he accepted the decision of the nation's voters "though not with the same enthusiasm" that he accepted their verdict four years ago. He pledged to work closely with president-elect Reagan in hopes of the "best transition period in history...
...first will be remembered for Reagan's assertion that "I paid for this microphone," a declaration observers said helped him to an overwhelming victory in the Granite State primary and that squelched the momentum of the GOP challenger and now vice president-elect George Bush...