Word: exits
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Nicaragua, or that U.S. policy in Angola is all wrong -- then our progress we've made with the Soviets would be in jeopardy. There would be no need for the Soviets to continue what they're doing: getting out of Afghanistan, for example, or allowing more Jews to exit the Soviet Union...
...Jackson appears, and the hall goes wild. Bradley and Zirinsky are determined to collar the candidate right after his speech and conclude that he will probably exit from the right. They stake out their position near the podium. Then Heyward orders them to move to the left side. "Tell them no," snaps Bradley...
...Amazing, isn't it?" says the producer, as she listens to Jackson's speech. "You can feel it right here," and she thumps her chest. It turns out that their instincts are correct: Jackson moves to exit on the right. As he passes, Bradley gets in the first question. Both Bradley and Zirinsky are jubilant. "After you get off the floor," says Zirinsky, "it's hours before you can come down." Holly Hunter couldn't have said it better...
Such late-inning remarks won't make it any easier for Jackson to chart a graceful end game and earnestly endorse the eventual ticket. Finding the right exit lines may be the biggest challenge of Jesse Jackson's campaign...
...friend and aide and the last of the Californians that the President brought with him to Washington in 1981. Other White House officials, however, did not share the President's reluctance. "We all knew the report would not be kind to him," said one aide, "so the sooner the exit, the more dignity could be retained...