Word: jessee
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Despite pressure from Jesse Jackson's supporters, Dukakis refuses to renounce the current NATO doctrine that threatens the first use of nuclear weapons if a Soviet invasion overwhelms Western Europe. Instead, Dukakis speaks of the need to build up NATO's capacity for "winning" a nonnuclear war. Such talk understandably...
Long before he was a presidential candidate, Jesse Jackson made a name for ^ himself as an able negotiator. He knows instinctively how to bluff and bargain, when to hold 'em and when to fold 'em.
Such late-inning remarks won't make it any easier for Jackson to chart a graceful end game and earnestly endorse the eventual ticket. Finding the right exit lines may be the biggest challenge of Jesse Jackson's campaign.
Depending on who is counting, there are about eight contenders now, give or take a reluctant Senator or two. Although interviewed by Dukakis and high on his wish list, Senators Bill Bradley of New Jersey and Sam Nunn of Georgia have taken themselves out of the running. While Democrats seem...
"I'm not that crazy about Jesse Jackson anyway," Ray Ingram said, an engineer in Houston. "I'm going to vote for Dukakis because "I'm a Democrat. I also like the fact that Lloyd Bentsen is a Texan."