Word: fro
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...field, Bush on paper. The Democrat has drawn large, enthusiastic crowds. Her quick-footedness has served her well. Bush, meanwhile, is surprisingly inept as a campaigner. His earnest speeches seldom excite even the smallish Republican crowds he usually addresses, and he sometimes reacts badly to the to-and-fro of daily campaigning. Yet according to public opinion polls, the Vice President, with his 18 years of solid national experience, is much more highly regarded than his Democratic counterpart. A New York Times/CBS News poll released Sunday found that 47% of voters view him favorably, compared with 35% who feel that...
Questions about the role of religion in politics also occur on a level more abstract than the to-and-fro over particular legislative issues. By allying himself with the Religious Right and its tendency toward a self-righteous zeal, President Reagan can seem, at times, to be appropriating godliness itself for his party and Administration. Last week Columnist Mike Royko joked bitterly about the tendency. "They've managed to convince a large segment of the population that God is a conservative Republican...
Vice President George Bush also was drawn into the delicate to and fro of tax-policy clarifications. Bush, reasonably enough, told reporters that the President "will consider revenue increases." But even that was apparently overstating the President's flexibility. "Walter Mondale is not telling the truth," declared Reagan before a luncheon meeting with Bush. "We have no plans for, nor will I allow any plans for a tax increase. Period." The President thus painted himself into a tighter corner, although his careful disavowal of any "plans" could provide him an out if he raises taxes after...
This weekend their morale was tossed to and fro as they found themselves at either end of two violent thrashings...
...economic policies. Tami, a three-member coalition partner, has threatened to bolt the government if bud get cuts drastically affect the poor. Another Likud member successfully introduced a motion in the Knesset demanding a de bate on whether new settlements in the West Bank and Gaza Strip should be fro zen because they are too costly...