Word: jessee
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Reagan accomplished his landslide partly because of his masterly exploitation of the American mood. He both contributed to the sense of optimism and purpose and profited from it. In a way, he also benefited from two developments in the Democratic Party: the candidacies of Jesse Jackson and Geraldine Ferraro. If...
The states have always had more stringent fiscal controls than the Federal Government. By statute or constitution, 49 states require some form of balanced budget (the exception: Vermont). Even so, the surpluses have not come easily. Many states fired employees and froze salaries. Expenditures on highways and other construction were...
In a recent speech, he lashed out at the Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, former Urban League President Vernon E. Jordan, and Hooks, charging that they led blacks to a "political Jonestown" in the presidential election.
Jesse Jackson is the Man of the Year for 1984, if not the Man of the Century.
Richard Lugar will become chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, ending weeks of speculation that North Carolina's right-wing Senator Jesse Helms, the most senior member of the panel, would exercise his option to head it. The post opened up when Illinois' Charles Percy, a moderate, lost...