Word: jessee
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The President has repeatedly expressed his admiration for Gorbachev's efforts at glasnost and perestroika. He has met with the Soviet premier four times in the last two years and hammered out a verifiable arms control accord which sailed through the Senate with relative ease. The once-fervent anti-communist...
Bobby Kennedy, more than any presidential candidate before Jesse Jackson, gave hope to Black America. He was fond of chiding white college audiences for the noticeable absence of people of color in their midst. When challenged on the war issue by an angry white undergraduate, he shot back that one...
Up to now, Jackson has resisted the pressure to duke it out with Dukakis. This calculated caution may stem from Jackson's awareness of the political paradox of his position. By gently chiding the Massachusetts Governor from the left on such issues as South Africa and military spending, Jackson may...
The setting was a San Francisco TV studio, and the script called for a debate between Michael Dukakis and Jesse Jackson. But when it was Dukakis' turn for a 60-sec. summary, his first words were "this fall." He all but ignored his Democratic rival, barely mentioned next week's...
The confusion is all the more curious because Dukakis has not been vague on a variety of litmus-test issues. In last week's San Francisco debate, he restated his opposition to capital punishment, boasted about the comprehensive medical-insurance program enacted in Massachusetts six weeks ago and agreed with...