Word: means
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Bush: Boydsy's right, Johnny. You're having a hard enough time convincing those Senate boys the $750 Grand you got from those defense contractors won't result in a conflict of interest when you become secretary. I mean, I know you have the discipline to stay out of things that could help your former bosses, but you still gotta convince that committee. That's gonna be even tougher now that they think that campaign contribution you received was illegal...
...mean we might spook them or get to the feeders after they're gone...
...says Baker, flashing a brief, fleeting smile. "I mean Israel. Because there's now a dialogue with Arafat, there may be many more options open in the future. But creating something productive when Israel is divided internally is going to be real tough. Who knows...
...Quayle: "The impression we had was that they put him in a drawer during the campaign." But he later said Quayle won "very positive reviews" in his talks with Latin leaders. The Vice President impressed Brazil's President Jose Sarney by asking about the country's November elections. "You mean in Brazil?" replied Sarney, evidently astonished that Quayle was aware of the upcoming vote. Even Ortega had kind if somewhat condescending words: "I thought he showed an ability to understand the political reality of Latin America...
...That's what is called the organic fallacy: countries are not plants, they don't have life cycles that mean there is a time to die. There's no . reason we should be on a downward course...