Word: listening
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Lloyd] Bentsen were running, he'd get my vote. But since he's not, I'm voting for Bush," a doctor friend of mine told me recently. He wouldn't listen to the argument that voting for Dukakis was the next best thing. Nothing has alarmed him--and, I'm told, doctors across the country--more than the prospect of Dukakis doing for the country what he has done in Massachusetts...
Today, Blacks are firm supporters of the Democratic party. So are most poor Americans. The crucial swing vote now comes from the Reagan Democrats. This group dictates the terms of the policy debate; this group also refuses to listen to any discussion of poverty...
Another Soviet student said that nations need power to talk to the Soviet Union. "Otherwise, I guess, we wouldn't listen...
...relaxed and confident in Los Angeles as he has ever been on a national stage. His efforts at humor seemed mostly spontaneous rather than the spoon-fed one-liners of backstage handlers. Asked to find something to praise about his Democratic rival, Bush flashed a broad grin and said, "Listen, you're stealing my close. I had something very nice to say in that." This easy-listening tone was established early in the debate, when the Vice President interrupted moderator Shaw, who was trying to pose a hypothetical question about Dan Quayle's becoming President following Bush's death. "Bernie...
power: a series of all-out strokes that a shell uses to try to surge ahead of its opponents. Listen for coxswains calling for power during the Head...