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Word: flips (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...recent electoral record makes it clear that Democratic candidates who fare badly in the South cannot expect to win in November. And with the possible exception of Gephardt--a "pandering populist" whose flip-flops on a number of important issues and support for protectionist trade legislation reveals him as the cynical political opportunist he is--Gore is the only Democratic candidate capable of succeeding in the South Vice President George Bush or Sen. Robert Dole...

Author: By Joseph R. Palmore, | Title: Al Gore | 3/7/1988 | See Source »

Political revisionism is hardly a phenomenon unique to the Gore campaign--Rep. Richard A. Gephardt (D-Mo.) is an experienced practitioner of the art of the flip-flop, changing his stance on such key issues as supply-side economics and abortion. But Gore is a specifically Southern revisionist--his campaign message is tailored, like the Super Tuesday system itself, to attract a certain type of Southern voter. But the suit has proved ill-fitting...

Author: By Susan B. Glasser, | Title: Fasten Your Seatbelts | 3/7/1988 | See Source »

...dial a phone number. You can flip a coin 2.3 times. You can pour enough milk for your cereal or try to write the concluding sentence of a paper that's due in five minutes. You could also run a red light. Or even think 4.1 thoughts...

Author: By Julio R. Varela, | Title: Icemen Headed for a Garden Party | 3/7/1988 | See Source »

...After finishing third in New Hampshire, Paul Simon announced that he would bow out of the race unless he won either Minnesota or South Dakota. The following day, however, he said he would stay | in at least until after his home state's primary on March 15. Behind the flip- flop was some arm twisting by Illinois supporters. State Democratic Chairman Vince Demuzio collared Simon at Chicago's Midway Airport last week. "I told him I almost cut off my nose shaving when I read what he had said," says Demuzio. Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan groused about being left...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: On The Grapevine | 2/29/1988 | See Source »

...racked up three kills in just a few short weeks, along with 14 hospitalizations, two of which are in intensive care. I've discovered that a Shuttle can get up to 57 m.p.h on the curve which goes beneath the underpass before it starts to flip over. I've caused approximately $27,500 worth of damage, all of which is paid for by Harvard, since the University cannot afford to fire any of us right...

Author: By John J. Murphy, | Title: Brain Strains and Automobiles | 2/25/1988 | See Source »

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