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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...favor or oppose developing the Star Wars defense system...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Assessing the Summit | 10/27/1986 | See Source »

...Favor 64% 59% Oppose...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Assessing the Summit | 10/27/1986 | See Source »

Polls show Massachusetts voters to be overwhelmingly pro-choice. But the convoluted wording of this proposition--there are double negative phrases throughout--and expected low voter turnout could throw the vote in favor of the amendment...

Author: By Amy N. Ripich, | Title: When No Means Yes | 10/23/1986 | See Source »

...Washington Post felt compelled last week to use his position to provide balanced coverage. He asked, because no one else would, if Kalb's manner of resignation, a public news conference, was appropriate. He also wondered whether someone who is a State Department spokesman does his fellow journalists a favor by resigning rather than trying to change the Reagan Administration's perception of the press...

Author: By David J. Barron, | Title: An Unimpressive Showing | 10/18/1986 | See Source »

Question 7 and 8 are non-binding "legislative advisory" questions. Both are considered likely to pass. Many labor and liberal organizations, as well as the governor and both Massachusetts U.S. Senators, support Question 7, which would advise the Massachusetts legislature and Congress that voters favor national health insurance. Question 8 favors a national program to combat acid rain...

Author: By Martha A. Bridegam, | Title: Referenda Divide Voters, Interest Groups | 10/14/1986 | See Source »

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