Word: foe
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...most popular Republican in Illinois, winning re-election three times by more than 1 million votes. First elected attorney general in 1968, William J. Scott, now 53, established a solid record as a foe of industrial polluters and a defender of the consumer. In 1977 Scott accused General Motors of using Chevrolet engines in higher-priced Oldsmobiles; the giant auto company settled by agreeing to pay $34 million to customers. Last fall, after he decided to run for the G.O.P. nomination for the Senate seat being vacated by Democrat Adlai Stevenson, Scott had a 4-to-l lead...
Said Democratic Representative Les Aspin of Wisconsin, a longtime foe of military mismanagement: "A fifth-grader could fill in the blanks on that one.If the Pentagon assumes that the KGB cannot, I guess the entire Western world can breathe a little easier...
...young Republican named Richard Nixon; of cancer; in Manhattan. The election battle, in which Nixon's attacks on his liberal opponent for being "soft on Communism" first earned him the epithet "Tricky Dick," ended Douglas' political career. She rarely spoke about her onetime foe afterward, but her husband, Actor Melvyn Douglas, was less reticent: "A little, sneaky kind of character...
Luke learns enough, however, to give Darth Vader a spirited battle with his lightsword at the end of the film. But Vader proves a difficult foe to vanquish. That is just as well for the story because the Dark Lord is far more menacing in The Empire than he was in Star Wars, infused with hitherto unknown ambitions and desires, possessed of a mysterious past. There is a hint of a complex personality, and Vader, like all good villains, commands the screen whenever he appears, his black robes floating behind him like the shrouds of death. But once...
...captain Peter Predun's last final exam, the following Wednesday will provide yet another chance for the academic and athletically talented senior to showcase a selection of the skills he possesses as the stickmen make their first-ever appearance in the NCAA lacrosse playoffs against a still-unannounced foe...