Word: holding
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...husband: "He's the one who has been screaming for eight years about the bad things Reagan did to us, and now he's gone all wishy-washy and is saying things aren't so bad." If that is the final verdict of west Toledo, Bush may successfully hold on to his slim but continuing lead in the polls...
Junk bonds are piling up on top of a huge mountain of existing debt. The world's commercial banks hold almost half of the $1.2 trillion in Third World debt. That debt is choking growth in half the world, and most of it will never get repaid. At the same time, both banks and savings and loan associations have made billions of dollars' worth of bad loans to the real estate and energy industries...
...Dukakis' Eastern anchor, as even Republicans privately concede. But his advantage has shrunk, tempting Bush strategists to plan the kind of mischief they have perpetrated in Massachusetts. "We're going to put enough into New York to make Dukakis come back to hold us off," promises deputy campaign manager Rich Bond. Sure enough, Dukakis was scheduled to come to the Empire State on Columbus Day. Dukakis will also have to devote more time to Pennsylvania, which on paper seemed promising for the Democrats this year. Now it has become open country...
...Neither candidate has gained traction in Illinois, which is why Dukakis last week made his sixth visit since July. Bush has appeared there four times. Marshaling Chicago's large black vote has been difficult for Dukakis. In Ohio Bush leads and plans at least one excursion a week to hold that advantage. Democrats outnumber Republicans in Ohio, as in neighboring Michigan. But Democratic union members ) have been slow to mobilize. Owen Beiber, president of the United Auto Workers, chided followers in Detroit by saying, "Maybe we've forgotten...
...sucks" also gave us gonzo journalism, that self-consciously hip form of social commentary. The conventions are rather rigid. The reporter should work for a publication that is liberal in both its outlook and expense-account policies. He should know not only how to do light drugs and hold his liquor but also how to fold these manly vices into the copy...