Word: invalidism
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...legislation was inspired in part by Sarah Brady, wife of White House Press Secretary James Brady, who remains an invalid seven years after being hit by one of John Hinckley's bullets during the attempt to assassinate President Reagan. She has led a series of fights for tighter gun laws. The Brady amendment enjoyed broad support from gun-control opponents, including an unusual coalition of eleven national police organizations. Even the President praised the idea of a waiting period, citing how well it has worked in California. But with elections only six weeks away, many Congressmen who favored the proposal...
...Orleans, these attacks had effect. Dukakis' negatives began to rise, and his lead over Bush shrank. The Democrat had allowed his hold on voters to remain so frail that even trivial events damaged him. His standing slipped in early August, for instance, after Reagan called him an "invalid" while Republicans floated a rumor that Dukakis had once sought psychological counseling. Reagan retracted his remark, and the gossip proved unfounded, but it left a scar. Bush planted what might be a more durable brand; in TIME's poll, 40% of likely voters agreed with the statement that Dukakis is "too liberal...
...typewriter. "It is the fifth in 20 years," he said. The police had confiscated the others in attempts to trace samizdat (underground press) articles critical of the regime. The harassment had brought on an ulcer complicated by other stomach ailments. After multiple surgery in 1980, Ruml was declared an invalid and retired with a monthly pension...
...week ignited a minor political storm. At a White House press conference, a reporter working for a journal published by Extremist Lyndon LaRouche asked the President about rumors that Michael Dukakis once sought psychological help. "Look," Reagan replied with a smile, "I'm not going to pick on an invalid...
...union won the May election, in which 90 percent of Harvard's 3500 support staff voted, by a slim 44-vote margin. In a complaint filed the week after the election, Harvard charged that the union's victory was invalid because it engaged in improper election-day practices, including keeping lists of who voted and how and transporting workers to and from the polls...