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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Democrat had allowed his hold on voters to remain so frail that even trivial events damaged him. His standing slipped in early August, for instance, after Reagan called him an "invalid" while Republicans floated a rumor that Dukakis had once sought psychological counseling. Reagan retracted his remark, and the gossip proved unfounded, but it left a scar. Bush planted what might be a more durable brand; in TIME's poll, 40% of likely voters agreed with the statement that Dukakis is "too liberal." A successful Republican convention, during which Bush managed to sever the umbilical cord binding him to Reagan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Shifting Mist | 9/12/1988 | See Source »

...kitchen for especial fire in the spicing. Blessedly, there is no music. Decor is minimal, which only shows off the Ta Chien work to better effect. The best of the fortune cookies tells us, "Wit is the salt of conversation, not the food." Is this subtle criticism of gossip journalism...

Author: By Robert Nadeau, | Title: OUT TO LUNCH | 9/11/1988 | See Source »

...further annoyance to Republicans was the brief revival of unsubstantiated speculation that Quayle flirted with Parkinson during a Florida golf outing in 1980. That half-forgotten episode, getting new currency because of a Playboy story to be published soon, aroused gossip about a variety of capers. According to notes taken by her lawyers during a 1981 FBI interrogation, Parkinson told federal agents that Quayle propositioned her. "Quayles ((sic)) made a pass," read the handwritten notes, made available last week by Washington Attorney Glenn Lewis. "Said would like to sleep with you. Said no -- I'm ((with)) Tom. Quayles only...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Quick Lesson in Major-League Politics | 9/5/1988 | See Source »

...corporate terms, it is the equivalent of a high-society marriage that has unexpectedly turned up in the gossip columns. Moet-Hennessy, the esteemed producer of champagne, Cognac and perfume, agreed in June 1987 to merge with Louis Vuitton, the equally upscale maker of luggage and handbags bearing the distinctive LV trademark. After the deal was signed, the top executives of the two French firms raised champagne glasses to toast their new creation, LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton, one of the world's largest luxury-goods conglomerates (projected 1988 revenues: $2.6 billion...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Do Champagne and Luggage Mix? | 8/22/1988 | See Source »

...talked convention mood and figures. As always, Kennedy wanted the latest gossip about Lyndon Johnson. He knew that I had been down with Johnson at his ranch a few weeks earlier and that I had been talking with the Texan right up to the day before. Kennedy and I agreed that L.B.J.'s late lunge at the presidential nomination would fail. But the vice-presidential nomination...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Democrats The Presidency: Boston-Austin Was an Accident | 7/25/1988 | See Source »

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