Word: labeling
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...though 38% of the electorate still call themselves Democrats, the exit polls did show an increase in the percentage of voters identifying themselves as Republicans, from 27% in 1980 to 32% in this election. Perhaps more important, more of those under 24 now use the Republican than the Democratic label...
...might lose, with labor's support proving as much a hindrance as a help. That is what happened on Election Day. Up against a popular President and a humming economy, union leaders were simply unable to call home the once monolithic "labor vote." What is more, the union label alienated many of the swing voters-yuppies, independents and moderate Republicans-whom Mondale needed in order to defeat Ronald Reagan. "The public is looking for someone who works for them," says Political Analyst Alan Baron. "It doesn't mean they hate labor. It just means they want somebody...
...Reagan connection play louder or longer than in Texas, where G.O.P. Convert Phil Gramm, 42, and Democratic State Senator Lloyd Doggett, 38, are vying for the seat 3 of retiring Republican Senator John Tower. Gramm, who became a Republican in 1983, wears as a badge of honor his label as a co-author of Reagan's budget and tax-cutting legislation in 1981. He harps on his association with the President so often that Doggett was finally moved to rueful complaint. Said he: "President Reagan's neck is probably a little sore because Phil Gramm has been hanging...
Your discussion of early learning aptly uses the term battleground to label the debate over appropriate kindergarten teaching. As with any fight, this one also has casualties. In this case, it is the youngster whose childhood is being invaded who is the victim...
Democrats controlling the House had tried to break up the legislation into a number of separate bills, rather than passing intact a package that bore a Reagan Administration label. But House Republicans brought up the whole package as a rider to the continuing resolution, even though no committee hearings had ever been held on some of the provisions. Their motive was primarily to embarrass the Democrats. The ploy worked: the pack age sailed easily through both House and Senate...