Word: let
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...after the so-called North Fork fire burned within two miles. The swift fires occasionally raced into areas before park officials could warn tourists to stay away. "We could have stopped this," complained one of the 8,000 weary fire fighters battling the blazes last week. "They won't let...
Bush would have none of that. "I'm not going to let insidious rumormongers drive me into changing my mind," he declared. By week's end Quayle was making tactical progress. Tenacious digging by reporters had turned up no conclusive evidence that rules were broken by his quick admission to the National Guard. The managing editor of his grandfather's newspaper, Wendell Phillippi, had indeed called an old acquaintance, the Guard planning officer, on Quayle's behalf. This old-brass network clearly expedited Quayle's access to a relatively safe haven, but such transactions were common throughout the country during...
Sometimes he broods about these lacks, but as we approach Boeing Field, he is fizzing with good spirits. "Awright, awright!" he yells. The control tower is holding up the takeoff of Boeing's newest 747, a monstrous silver machine with upturned wing tips, to let us land. This amuses Stewartt, who looks astonished when asked whether he ever thought of piloting such an ark. "Nah," he says, "those guys are bus drivers...
...such boats, and manufacturers have begun building vintage- boat replicas for people who do not have the time or money to care for originals. Old-timers hope the classic boats never become too valuable to take for a spin. Says Don Price, a collector and restorer in Clayton, N.Y.: "Let's not forget that these boats are not just to look at, but to go out and have fun with...
...child care. There is a difference in the way Republicans and Democrats approach this issue. We are more inclined to put taxpayer money in the parents' hands and let them make the determination on what they think the child needs rather than creating this bureaucracy and the federal control. Conservatives haven't figured out what they want in child care and how we are going to provide that care. If the question is who is going to spend more for child care, the Democrats will...