Word: gender
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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SOME Bush supporters are worried about the "gender gap," which shows women favoring Dukakis by a wider margin than men. Schlafly stresses that the Democrats have a gender gap of their own. "George Bush appeals to men," she maintains. The Texan stands for economic freedom and low taxes and will guarantee economic prosperity, Schlafly says...
...Molly Bloom, the heroine of James Joyce's Ulysses, is the greatest character in what may be the greatest novel of the English language. Wife, mother, performer, realist, Earth figure, whore, Molly was to Joyce what the Greek Penelope was to Homer--all that was embodied in the female gender...
Last week both candidates courted women's votes by traveling the day-care circuit, hugging preschoolers, pushing children on swings and playing with goldfish. Bush tried to attack his gender-gap problem by proposing a $2.2 billion child-care program. In Republican fashion, the plan would rely on tax breaks and credits rather than a direct Government program. Still, it would cost money, and Bush, who says he will not raise taxes, is not saying where the funds would come from. Below a certain income level, every mother with small children would get a tax credit or refund...
...Kansas Senator wants the job, but he makes jokes about his wife's waiting by the phone. He would highlight the ticket's experience; she could help close the gender gap. Picking her would be a daring gamble that could change the entire game, but her only real experience is a spotty tenure as Transportation Secretary. Picking him would be far safer, but it would allow Democrats to show their footage of him snarling nasty things about Bush...
NATION: Juggling over the gender...