Word: fighting
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Reagan said he did not want to become involved in the GOP nomination fight, but he showed plenty of zest when it came to bashing the Democrats vying to succeed him. To hear them, he said, one would think "we're in an economic slump," and suffering from a variety of ills. "At the moment none of those things are true," he said...
Gephardt ran advertisements in South Dakota asserting that Dukakis knew nothing of agriculture, recalling Dukakis' suggestion in Iowa a year ago that farmers should turn to products such as Belgian endive and blueberries. Dukakis countered with an ad saying that "while Dick Gephardt has been publicly promising to fight for you, he's taking political action committee money from corporate insiders and Washington lobbyists...
...immune system starts to decline at around age 30. For instance, white blood cells that fight off invaders, such as viruses and bacteria, lose their effectiveness as a person gets older. The gradual weakening of the immune system makes it harder to stave off illness...
...officers will eventually find him a liability. Nervous investors are said to have withdrawn hundreds of millions from Panamanian banks in recent months, weakening an economy already mired in debt. On March 1, the U.S. State Department is expected to certify that Panama has not done enough in the fight against drugs, a finding that will make the country ineligible for a range of trade and economic privileges. "At some point," says an Administration official, "those in Panama with the ability to change things are going to have to ask themselves if Noriega is worth the price...
After thrashing George Bush in Iowa, Bob Dole suddenly has the aura of a champion. -- Two natural adversaries, Michael Dukakis and Richard Gephardt, are in a fight for the soul of the Democratic Party. --Pat Robertson leads a moral revolt that other politicians ignore at their peril, says Essayist Garry Wills. -- Two killings in Los Angeles raise issues of race and class bias...