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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...hotel ballroom. The First Family formed a line on the stage, with Reagan looking buoyant but his wife still tentative in her movements. "It seems we did this four years ago," quipped Reagan, recalling his 1980 celebration in the same room. Then he turned serious, reciting a familiar list of accomplishments: lower inflation, more jobs, cuts in Government spending, strengthened military forces. "But our work isn't finished," he said. "Tonight is the end of nothing; it's the beginning of everything." He closed with his standard rally-ending line: "You ain't seen nothin...
...party has become Balkanized into a collection of interest groups, each pushing its parochial agenda singlemindedly. Hispanic organizations oppose the Simp-son-Mazzoli immigration bill? Then so does the Democratic Party. Unions want to limit imports of foreign automobiles? Then so does the party. "We are the accumulated wish list of all our constituency groups," says Colorado Governor Richard Lamm. Democratic Strategist Patrick Caddell, an adviser to the Gary Hart campaign last spring, has been screaming the same thing for years. "Instead of being just fiercely protective of particular interests, like women's rights," Caddell suggests, "the party must...
Impressive economic improvements took place during Reagan's first term. Heading the list is the drop in inflation, from a high of more than 12% in the year before Reagan took office to a current level of about 4.5%. That has been coupled with a booming rebound after the severe 1981-82 recession. Unemployment meanwhile has been holding steady at 7.4%, after reaching a high of 10.6% at the bottom of the recession...
...slump. Retailers, especially, are counting on a robust holiday selling season. Says Dyson: "They're discounting like crazy just to stay alive." In San Francisco, the price of a Mac has dropped to $1,695, and PCjrs are going for $745, more than 40% off their original list price...
...helps to have two of the three best running back in the league. Junior fullback Rob Santiago leads the lies with 816 yards, fourth on the Crimson's all-time single-season list. Senior tailback Mark Vignali's 689 yards place him third in the league...