Word: hit
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...then Bush scored what he proudly called "a double hit." Just as he had awakened his sleepy presidential campaign with a socko speech at the 1988 Republican Convention, he rose from his four-month presidential lethargy to launch an initiative that wrested the arms-control initiative from the Soviet leader and averted a bruising collision among the allies. The sigh of relief echoed from West Germany to Washington, where Bush's lackadaisical leadership was sowing seeds of Government paralysis. Two days later, Bush rode out of Brussels the man of the moment...
...nuclear missiles in West Germany or trade them away. More broadly, the dynamic changes sweeping the European Continent cried out for American leadership in reshaping NATO for an era in which the Soviet threat that bred it was receding. Few knew and fewer believed that Bush was about to hit one over the fence...
...Arnold Brown '89 is arrested for allegedly kicking a man with his foot after being hit by his car. Brown, who is Black, charges racial harassment and says officers preferentially interviewed white witnesses and made racist remarks during his arrest...
November 19: The gridders capture the 100th Game from Yale, 16-7, to clinch a tie of the Ivy title. Freshman Margaret Cimino is critically injured when she is hit by a falling goalpost dragged down by jubilant Crimson fans...
...been an ineffectual President on the domestic level. Recent economic indicators would astound even the most skeptical. Since Bush has entered office, the unemployment has dropped to 5.1 percent; the trade deficit has fallen, exports exceeding imports by $1.8 billion during the last quarter; the stock market recently hit a post-crash high...