Word: kemp
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...increases in TV stations (from 221 to 259), radio stations (1,370 to 1,393) and groups producing programs (1,010 to 1,068). Mindful of these signs of continued strength, President and Mrs. Reagan visited the N.R.B. meeting. Robertson and fellow Candidates George Bush, Robert Dole and Jack Kemp also cleared their campaign schedules to appear, though none of the Democratic hopefuls...
...think that there's going to be a terrible amount of pressure to withdraw on people like [former Secretary of State Alexander] Haig, [former Governor of Delaware Pete] duPont, and even [New York Rep. Jack] Kemp on the Republican side, and on the Democratic side, [former Sen. Gary] Hart and [former Arizona Governor Bruce] Babbit," Kalb said...
...KEMP. He gave up the collar pin, but still sports a Gucci belt and tasseled loafers. Haig is runner-up with his sharply tailored suits...
...into James P. Gannon, editor of the Des Moines Register, for what he claims was unfair reporting about his role in the Iran-contra affair. Two weeks ago, at an "Ask George Bush" gathering in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Bush waded into the audience, seized a piece of Jack Kemp campaign literature from a 15-year-old girl and dramatically ripped it to pieces...
...This cuts close to the real contrast between Dole and Bush: the small-town entrepreneur vs. the no-fingerprints manager. Bush's strengths are in precisely those areas that elude Dole, such as organizational competence. That was evident on Friday in Michigan, where the Bush forces teamed up with Kemp's to outmaneuver Robertson at the Republican state convention. Bush wound up with 37 disputed delegates and Kemp with 32, while Robertson's supporters cried foul and walked out after getting only 8. Dole skipped the contest...