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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Bush recalled that Dukakis had "jumped all over me for using the `L' word" in their last debate in Los Angeles. "Well, speaking of my opponent, yesterday, miracle of miracles, headlines read all about it, he's using the liberal label again," the Republican nominee said in Louisville, Ky., today...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Republicans Snicker at `L-Word' Return | 11/1/1988 | See Source »

...Squares have no definite plans in mind, but wouldn't argue if they became rich and famous. "If I could have my wish, we would be signed with a major recording label. You never can tell. Stranger things have happened," said Sagawa...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Short Takes | 10/28/1988 | See Source »

...only thing that bothers me is that when people see me play, they want to label me as a running quarterback," he says. "Everyone was saying before the year began that I couldn't throw the ball. In high school, I was a passing quarterback. I did your basic five-step drop...

Author: By Casey J. Lartigue jr., | Title: A Successful Few | 10/14/1988 | See Source »

Opponents argue that, among other things, such broad testing could falsely label many healthy people as infected. For instance, Dr. Klemens B. Meyer of the New England Medical Center has suggested that of every 10 low-risk people with positive AIDS tests, nine of them might actually be free of the virus...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Study Terms AIDS Testing Accurate | 10/13/1988 | See Source »

...easy. When he is in Texas, Dukakis seems like the man who fell to earth: alien and uncomfortable. The Republicans have been effectively tarring the Governor with the liberal label and pressing all the local "hot buttons" -- gun control, the A.C.L.U., the Pledge of Allegiance, capital punishment. The latest polls show Dukakis falling 10 points behind...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Tory Texan and the Indiana Kid Bentsen | 10/10/1988 | See Source »

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