Word: leverence
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...most of our generation, the results were not shocking. Indeed, most members of our generation that did vote pulled the lever for Bush. It has become almost routine for Republicans, and conservative ones at that, to crush Democrats in national elections. They have beaten a Southern neo-liberal in Jimmy Carter, they have defeated a traditional Midwestern liberal in Walter Mondale, and they have now crushed a Northeastern technocrat...
...local interviews and another third raising money. Bentsen will rope in $8 million for his Senate race against a virtual unknown. That money can be used for precinct-level registration and get-out-the-vote efforts, which are what win in Texas. Democrats are telling voters to pull the lever twice for Bentsen on Nov. 8. But the Republicans have a subtler strategy. Get two Texans for the price of one, they whisper. Keep Bentsen as chairman of the Senate Finance Committee and put Bush in the White House. This makes sense to a lot of Texans, and the Bentsen...
...critical of previous Administrations for what he considered their neglect of the question. In 1981 the White House created a Washington-based task force of more than 100 investigators to probe reports of servicemen missing in Southeast Asia. For its part, Hanoi views the MIA issue as its strongest lever for establishing diplomatic relations with the U.S. and thereby gaining desperately needed economic aid. "What else do we have?" asks a Foreign Ministry official...
America has no shortage of first-rate Hispanic artists who work out of deep convictions about, and connections to, their Latin heritage -- artistic, religious and ideological. There are also mediocre ones who use their ethnicity as a lever to induce guilt in curators, if not dealers (who by now are guiltproof). But quite a few excellent painters and sculptors who happen to be Hispanic or black regard "minority" shows as a form of ghettoization. And some of the best, such as the sculptors Robert Graham and Manuel Neri, are virtually invisible -- or are not widely thought of as Hispanic...
...demonstrate that this faith extends beyond his own fortunes. Are those willing to go to the polls to pull the lever for Jesse also willing to pull the lever for the Duke if Jesse gives them the go ahead? In 1984, the Jackson camp claims, the signal was never given because the nominee didn't deserve the support. But could it be that the real reason is that Jackson fears that he may fail to deliver the votes he says he has brought to the party...