Word: mate
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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THEY say everything about Texas is big. They say the United States is a part of Texas. They describe the United States as Texas and the other 49 colonies. When Democratic nominee Gov. Michael S. Dukakis picked Texas Senator Lloyd Bentsen to be his running mate, this gave Texans an option on two Texans: Vice-President George Bush or Bentsen...
...while Thornburgh may have decided againstcampaigning for a political post, he has stillbeen actively involved in the political worldwhile at Harvard. He has been mentioned as apossible running mate for Vice President GeorgeBush in the fall campaign. And he testifed onbehalf of Judge Robert Bork, whom he knew from hisearlier Justice Department days, during hisunsuccessful nomination hearings before the SenateJudiciary Committee last year
However, that "doesn't necessarily mean goingSouth" to look for a running mate, said Verba, whorecommended that Dukakis choose among Glenn, Goreand Sen. Lloyd Bentsen...
...only issue that Harvard pundits seemed toagree on in picking their choices for Bush'srunning mate is that he or she should hail fromKansas...
...other Harvard professors said that Dukakis'running-mate should counterbalance theMassachusetts governor's strengths in the liberalNortheast with qualities that play better tomoderate and conservative voters in the South...