Word: excepts
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...quadrennial vice-presidential sweepstakes are at hand, it is worth remembering that a political ticket nearly always wins or loses on the popularity of the presidential candidate. Says Duke University Political Scientist James David Barber: "There is no clear evidence that the Vice President pulls much in the election except as a piece of the presidential candidate's image." Indeed, the importance of the No. 2 nominee may rest in how and why he or she was selected. Notes Hamilton Jordan, Jimmy Carter's chief strategist: "It is the first time people get to see the candidate make...
...occupy the seven leaders' attention. One was the Iran-Iraq war, even if the fear of a closure of the Persian Gulf had momentarily abated. The West Europeans, Canadians and Japanese expressed concern over the unprecedented U.S. budget deficit and rising U.S. interest rates. Privately, all the leaders except Reagan are worried that U.S. economic conditions could abort international economic recovery and add to the dangers posed by the Third World's towering debt. The West Europeans also had to weigh their actions at the summit carefully in view of this week's elections for the European...
...efficiency, thereby helping make India self-sufficient in wheat. Sikh politicians are demanding economic improvements from the central government, such as higher wheat prices and more investment in Punjab. Some Sikhs want a form of regional autonomy that would give to Punjab authority in all areas of state government except currency, railways, communications and defense. Others want the city of Chandigarh, which is also the capital of the neighboring Hindu state of Haryana, to be designated exclusively as Punjab's political capital...
...million space saga now in the can, MacLachlan, 25, is wondering what effect all the publicity of the Christmas opening will have on him. "I had to believe that my getting the role of Paul has a purpose," he muses. "I don't know what it is yet-except being true to myself. That's one thing I learned from Paul...
Reforming and improving education has not been a high-profile job for Verba except when he took on the task of conducting the sexual harassment survey and drawing up procedures for a new policy. And though students were not necessarily pleased with the guidelines the Faculty Council ultimately adopted, they praise Verba for his handling of the delicate and controversial issue...