Word: list
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
With his wit under control, Dole faces the more serious test of outlining the priorities of a Dole Administration. So far, he has provided little more than a legislative shopping list of proposals for dealing with the deficit, trade and other matters. Even supporters suggest that Dole's immersion in the details of legislation has blocked the mental leap to a broad-gauge view of national leadership required of a presidential candidate. Says his political consultant David Keene: "Legislative experience teaches you to be tactical and think on an ad hoc basis. He's got to reach inside himself...
...income tax rates, it has riled even some members of Nakasone's party. Boasts Socialist Leader Takako Doi: "We are seeing an outpouring among conservatives angry with the sales tax because it violates Nakasone's election pledge not to impose new taxes." Nakasone retorts, somewhat lamely, that the long list of goods and firms exempt from the measure qualifies it as merely a "medium-sized" new tax, not the "large-scale"levy that he had promised to avoid. The opposition has vowed to transform a set of local elections, to be held in April, into an informal national referendum...
Always a thrifty man, Higginson was determined to get the most for his money. The Union was to serve the dual purpose of a social center for students and a war memorial to the seven Harvard men who died in the Spanish Civil War of 1898. All seven are listed above the entrance to the main dining area, and seventh man on the list, Sherman Hoar (class of 1887), is thought to be the model for the bust of John Harvard that adorns the Union's mantlepiece...
...Neill's individual fencing championship was the first by a Harvard student since track's Geoff Stiles won the NCAA individual title in 1979 and the first ever by a Crimson fencer. Below is a list, by sport, of previous NCAA individual champs...
...Captain Steve Farrell (177 lbs.)--the only Crimson grappler to qualify for NCAA competition--received first-team honors, while junior Peter Holmes (158 lbs.) was selected to the second team and senior Kevin McGinty made the honorable mention list...