Word: mask
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Mitchell's owlish demeanor and mild manner mask a wrought-iron will. Democrats were impressed by his tough televised responses to Ronald Reagan on the Iran-contra scandal and his unblinking stare-down of Oliver North during hearings on that sordid affair. They were also swayed by the $12.4 million he raised as director of the 1986 Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, when the party recaptured control of the Senate...
Sometimes victories can mask flaws. Sometimes a team can escape the consequences of turnovers and fouls...
...clincher, so far as convincing Bush went, was the fact that Dukakis was being deceptive about his past, trying to deny his liberalism, to mask the menace to the nation presented by his softness on crime and defense. If Ailes could make that case to Bush, then the Pledge issue, the Horton horror stories, the A.C.L.U. membership (clashing with Dukakis' nonideological pose), would make sense to Bush as defensive actions against the broad assault of Dukakis...
...Wild Wayne Cowley: Although Cowley has graduated from Colgate, he will always be remembered as a true character of the ECAC. With long hair hanging out of his goalie mask, Cowley was the league's flashiest goalie. He was also one of the best. It seems appropriate that Cowley signed with the Calgary Flames of the NHL, because when he's hot, he's extremely tough to beat...
NATION: Bush and Dukakis mask their similarities, and a nasty campaign fails to highlight their telling differences...