Word: mcgoverns
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...George McGovern captured their fancy for a moment. When he told farmers that if Ronald Reagan were re-elected they should sell their farms and build bomb shelters, there was an approving snort or two. McGovern was the only other real candidate besides Mondale to show up around Greenfield. The rest sent their relatives...
Presidential candidate George S. McGovern yesterday reiterated his commitment to establishing a unilateral moratorium on nuclear weapons, and called for an immediate halt to all U.S. military operations in Central America...
America must "return from [its] wandering in the wilderness of militarism abroad and injustice at home." McGovern told a capacity crowd of more than 400 people at Boston's Arlington St. Church...
...foreign affairs, all except Glenn stress the need for U.S.-Soviet summit meetings to reduce tensions. All would cut off U.S. aid to the rebels fighting the Marxist-led government in Nicaragua, and all would halt military aid to the Salvadoran regime unless death-squad activity stops. McGovern would withdraw U.S. military aid and troops from Central America, including Honduras. None of the Democrats would loosen U.S. ties to Israel, although McGovern and Jackson urge a more even hand in the Middle East. Yet even Jackson praises Israel as "the most brilliant flower in God's garden...
Hart and Cranston need third-place finishes in Iowa and New Hampshire to give them jumping-off points for the later primaries. Jackson hopes to run well in New Hampshire and then score an upset win in Alabama. McGovern is trying to hang on until the Super Tuesday primary in Massachusetts, where he thinks he can finish second. Askew is counting on a turnout of an ti abort ion voters to give him a respectable showing in Iowa, followed by a strong home-state vote in Florida three weeks later. As for Rollings, it will take a miracle to keep...