Word: moonbeam
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Eschewing his gubernatorial record and instead running on a platform of environmentalism and space exploration (hence the nickname "Moonbeam"), Brown presented himself as the alternative to Carter and won five late primaries--Maryland, New Jersey, Nevada, Rhode Island and California...
...YORK--Image is a decisive vote-getting factor in the Empire State, and the "victory parties" thrown last night affirmed the perceived reputations of both "Slick Willie" Clinton and Edmund G. "Moonbeam" Brown...
Discounted by the media with the two-word epithet "Governor Moonbeam," Brown was relegated to the second tier from the start. He doesn't have wellpaid publicists, speech writers or pollsters. With only seven paid people and all the rest volunteers--unheard of in a national campaign--he managed to outlast many rivals...
Some people think "Gov. Moonbeam" shouldn't be elected. We disagree...
...while so-called "Governor Moonbeam" was ignored by the other candidates in early debates. Brown now receives respect and sometimes harsh condemnation from his presidential peers...