Word: highlighting
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...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...
Although Thornburgh will be very busy getting confirmed as attorney general by the Senate and cleaning up the mess left in the Justice Department by Meese, this should not exclude him from consideration for vice president. The IOP director offers the Republican Party a great opportunity to highlight its differences with Gov. Michael S. Dukakis as well as get some free publicity at the expense of Democratic Party...
...promotional ploys help make up for the earnest but second-rate play on the diamond. Fans know that any player who becomes a star will soon be promoted to a higher league. "We can't really highlight a player," says Bill Terlecky, general manager of the Maine Phillies, "because we might lose him." One consolation: many minor-league buffs can boast of having seen Dwight Gooden and other superstars play when they were fresh out of high school...
...anything, the National Geographic survey results highlight the danger of looking back at the expense of anticipating the future. As populations continue to soar in the Third World, the U.S. will represent a smaller and smaller proportion of the world's population. And economically, the Far East has already achieved unparalleled influence that will only continue to grow...
...three day Festival of St. Joseph begins Friday night in Boston's North End on Hanover St. Italian food, games, music and arts highlight the saint's day celebration each day from 6-11 p.m. Admission is free...