Word: mcgovern
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Robert Kennedy. All of that is, of course, imponderable. As it was, the war shook the Democratic Party for years. Among a number of other divisions, in fact, the party is still split along the lines drawn years ago between hawk and dove, Johnson and Kennedy. Says George McGovern, who ran on an antiwar platform in the 1972 presidential election and was buried in the landslide that gave Richard Nixon a second term: "The Viet Nam tragedy is at the root of the confusion and division of the Democratic Party. It tore up our souls...
...beginning of a President's second term is typically a time of musical chairs. Richard Nixon, who until last November was the only President in 28 years to be elected to a second term, requested written resignations from all his top appointees one day after trouncing George McGovern. Ronald Reagan took precisely the opposite tack, asking all his advisers to stay in place...
Like most of the late romances, Twelfth Night's confusion arises in part from a tearful tale of past woe. Viola (Elizabeth McGovern) has lost her twin brother in a tempest at sea, and assuming him dead, disguises herself in his clothing to pay tribute to his memory. This causes her considerable discomfort, however, since she is forced to hide her love for her "fellow" friend Curio (James Bodge). Add to this Curio's lover Olivia (Margaret Reed) falling unwittingly head over heels for McGovern, and you have the makings of a maze that keeps both actors and audience...
...part, a good portion of the play's success owes itself to McGovern, best known for her acclaimed screen performances in Ordinary People and Ragtime. McGovern's history of playing sophisticated, mildly brash characters equips her well for the role of Viola, and the physical similarity between her and her stage brother Antonio (John Leighton) makes the ruse all the more entertaining. Although McGovern does have a tendency to draw out the delivery of her lines, disrupting the otherwise lively syncopation of the rest of the cast, her performance is, on the whole, solid...
...Nicaraguan election that Washington had denounced as rigged. Mondale was left with ten electoral votes from his home state of Minnesota and three from the District of Columbia. His 41% share of the popular vote was little more than Republican Barry Goldwater won in 1964 or Democrat George McGovern...