Word: fairing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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WASHINGTON--Robert H. Bork, winding up a record five days of Senate testimony in his struggle to become a Supreme Court justice, said Saturday he will "give everybody a fair shake" if confirmed...
...impression I always sided with the President is wrong," Bork said. "My record is not one of unvarying support for the executive branch. I will give you a fair shake. I will give everybody a fair shake...
...almost totally eclipsed ) the Reagan Administration's version in public discussions. Three of the contras' six civilian directors embraced the accord last week, saying they would return to Nicaragua if conditions for a cease-fire scheduled for Nov. 7 were met. "We are prepared to give the plan a fair try," said Alfonso Robelo. "We won't put up any hurdles." Contra Military Commander Enrique Bermudez, however, asserted that the rebels would not lay down their weapons on Nov. 7, nor would they accept an amnesty offered by Ortega. During their meeting with Reagan, the contra leaders proposed that...
...Democrats, the initial face-offs have been polite enough to satisfy Miss Manners. During a forum at the Iowa County Fair in late August, Senator Albert Gore of Tennessee won headlines for his so-called aggressiveness toward Dukakis. In truth, Gore's criticisms were tepid in the extreme: "With all due respect to my friend from Massachusetts, we need some specifics." But with the Democrats in ideological tandem on everything from opposition to aid to the contras to horror at the Reagan deficits, any expression of individuality is treated as major news. The Republicans will soon be debating within their...
...rumor of revolutionary new steroid tests sent U.S. musclemen stampeding back to the airport. But, as expressed by Ohio Hammer Thrower Jud Logan, the mood has calmed. "I like to be tested," he said, after a Pan Am record throw of 253 ft. 5 in. "I like things fair." From the tiny Utah archer Denise Parker, 13, who won a gold medal, to the statuesque Costa Rican swimmer Silvia Poll, 16, teenage girls were the fairest of them all. The daughter of a German businessman who made his way to Costa Rica through Nicaragua, Poll is the biggest...