Word: mated
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...their heroes were murdered, the Baby Boomers themselves seem bent on commiting political suicide, and Sen. J. Danforth Quayle, Vice President George Bush's running mate in the run for the White House, is but the latest casualty...
Kalikow said he is "very encouraged" by Dukakis' selection of Sen. Lloyd M. Bentsen (D-Tex.) as his running mate. "His choice of Lloyd Bentsen shows he can be pragmatic when he has to be." He also praised Bush for picking an ideologue as his running mate in Sen. Dan Quayle...
Bush currently trails Dukakis by up to 18 points in some national polls, a fact that frightens some Republican strategists. To add excitement to the campaign and to woo women voters, some Republicans are suggesting that Bush pick women as his running mate: perhaps former Transportation Secretary Elizabeth Dole, Kansas Senator Nancy Kassebaum or former United Nations Ambassador Jeanne Kirkpatrick...
Schlafly isn't rooting for a female running mate in '88--she wants to see Kemp on the ticket instead. "I don't see one woman who would add significantly to the vote total, and I think Jack Kemp would add significantly," she said...
...Blackburn, an American who at one time was a rewrite man for the tabs, agrees that the "Brits have guts. They do things Americans wouldn't do, like taking a picture off a mantelpiece when there's been a death in the family." But Hogan defends his kind: "Listen, mate. When a world-class story in Monaco erupts, the Brits will still be sent. They charm the pants off people with their velvety lilts...