Word: hoovers
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...becoming more and more clear that Bush will probably be the first elected Republican since Herbert C. Hoover 60 years ago to be denied another four years. That's fitting. Bush has no new ideas and no compelling arguments. He's a man who would much rather be President than do something as President. He has fought assiduously for the status quo and has ignored people's problems. And he should be held accountable on November...
...test is not worth living"), Stockdale has spent most of his post-Vietnam career in a succession of academic and think-tank jobs. He has taught at the Naval War College and Stanford University, and was president at the Citadel. Since 1981 he has been a fellow of the Hoover Institution, an independent conservative research center that is located on the Stanford campus. Stockdale also served on the board of the ultra-right-wing Rockford Institute in Rockford, Illinois, from 1989 to 1991 and contributed to its monthly periodical, Chronicles, at a time when the organization came under fire from...
...because of disagreements with the school's board over reforms he sought, including an end to freshman hazing. Stockdale went on to teach ethics at Stanford, but the university eliminated his course after only one year. Stockdale claimed that he was dropped because of his affiliation with the controversial Hoover Institution, a charge Stanford officials denied. No one, however, takes issue with Stockdale's frank self-description: "I am not an organization...
...Herbert Hoover...
...Herbert Hoover...