Word: jessee
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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August was a sour month for the Democrats. The party's presidential ticket languished ten to 15 points behind the Republicans in the polls. Geraldine Ferraro parried reporters' persistent badgering about her finances, Jesse Jackson sulked and demanded more respect, and Walter Mondale for the most part remained...
The nominee wins the support of blacks and Jesse Jackson
Lewis may tie the immortal Jesse Owens by winning four Olympic gold medals but the brash, boastful Lewis will never approach Owens when it comes to class dignity and character.
For Wallace, the missed interview made three nights in a row of minor irritations. On the convention's first evening, he looked for moderates who dissented from the platform, but three people on his list were away from their seats, and a fourth declined to be openly critical, so...
Reporters generally honor commitments to keep matters off the record or on background. When a remark is considered particularly newsworthy and the ground rules are ambiguous, it becomes a judgment call; reporters went public when Jesse Jackson referred to Jews as "Hymies." Of late, journalists have wondered whether they were...