Word: mario
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...shower, he had the time. Was his failure to do so deliberately designed to show his frustration with what he perceived as Jackson's perpetual grandstanding? More likely it was that the Dukakis inner circle did not want to give the image of kowtowing to Jackson. But Jackson, as Mario Cuomo points out, "is not like the other defeated candidates. Nobody has an influence with 7 million voters like his influence with his people. Why must Dukakis treat him differently? Dukakis doesn't have to -- unless he wants to win. Without Jackson's vote, there is no victory...
...midnight, after the convention sessions closed, most delegates and attendees were to be found at the enormous parties thrown every night by and for big names. For instance, on Monday New York Gov. Mario Cuomo threw a party for his and the Massachusetts delegates complete with Nathan's hotdogs and Steve's ice cream bars, and Atlanta Mayor Andrew Young gave an elegant invitation-only party...
Caprio says one of the convention highlights for him came when he met New York Gov. Mario M. Cuomo. Cuomo, surrounded by supporters and reporters, turned to greet Caprio when the delegate shouted an affectionate Italian word for "friend." Caprio says the governor "turned around instinctively" and visited with him for a few moments...
...what will undoubtedly be the first of many disavowals, New York Gov. Mario Cuomo said last night he has no interest in seeking the White House in 1992. "1992? 1992?," the governor said as his entourage chuckled. Cuomo insisted he will back a Michael S. Dukakis re-election bid four years from...
...high on his wish list, Senators Bill Bradley of New Jersey and Sam Nunn of Georgia have taken themselves out of the running. While Democrats seem to be content to take Nunn at his word, visions of a Bradley draft now excite Democrats almost as much as a Mario scenario did several months ago, though some think two Northeasterners on the ticket could be a fatal liability. Jesse Jackson is nominally on the list, largely because he has demanded to be there and has enough clout that he must be. Jackson is the only would-be to get star treatment...