Word: fitting
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...people point the finger at Ronald Reagan, as the pioneer of substance-less campaigning oriented to the little glass screen. And in a fit of self-flagellation, the media have even blamed themselves. In a democracy however, there are no excuses. We, the people, are the guilty ones, and we always get what we deserve...
...Pledge stuff, he's crazy," she told an adviser. "We've got this Supreme Court decision." That was the problem. Months after Bush first raised the issue, Dukakis finally responded: "If the Vice President is saying he'd sign an unconstitutional bill, then in my judgment he's not fit to hold the office." This pained legalism betrayed the limits of his campaign. So many top staffers, as well as Dukakis, had suffered through Harvard Law School that an insider dubbed them "ineffectual intellectuals." The Charles River elitism underscored an insularity and parochialism that led to intense bellyaching about "Boston...
...almost like you have to fit a mold that's already made. It's hard to be spontaneous and keep singing at the same time," she adds...
...transfer student will help rebuild the Clarkson team. Ken Anderson, a defenseman, moves the puck well and is a steady player. Tony Calandra and Alex Weinrich are defensemen who have "good potential," Morris says. Jeff Torrey is a foward who has switched to playing defense. "He is going to fit right in," Morris says...
Bakker said that evidence in support of his theory is not new, yet it has been largely ignored because it doesn't "fit" with turn-of-the-century notions of dinosaurs that have persisted to this...