Word: hardest
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...Midwest, hit hardest by the 1981-82 recession, many traditional Democrats went for Reagan, convinced that his programs deserved credit for the economic recovery. "I've always voted Democratic, but this time I'm a Reagan man," said Ron Firmite, a butcher from Sawyer, Mich. "Everybody in my family is working now, and so is everybody I know who wants to work. That's a big change from a few years ago." In Illinois, the warring Democratic factions of Chicago Mayor Harold Washington and Cook County Party Boss Edward Vrdolyak reached a fragile truce but were still...
When were the hardest times? "Probably that first winter," says Carol. "But actually, those were also some of the best times. We didn't have any money, but neither did our neighbors, and we had a lot of good times together." No, she says, she doesn't think any of the Fifty-Niners ever regretted the decision to move to Alaska...
...nation's hardest-fought and most publicized contest is for the Senate seat occupied by the dean of the New Right, North Carolina Republican Jesse Helms, 63, who is being challenged by two-term Democratic Governor James Hunt, 47. Their race also is entering the record books as the most expensive U.S. legislative campaign ever, costing at least $20 million, 60% of it spent by Helms. The Senator charges that his opponent would too willingly resort to tax increases as a means of solving Washington's fiscal problems. For his part, Hunt has sought to portray Helms...
...hardest worker in the place...he'll kill himself literally," says senior coxswain Mike Mollerus...
Although the theme he hits hardest and most sincerely is the country's newly expansive mood, Bush himself has seemed a bit halfhearted. "Sometimes it's fun," he ventures, but confesses, "I'll be glad when the campaign is over, no question about that." Bush appears ill at ease when almost any controversial issues of substance arise...