Word: neither
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Neither Lindsay nor Kuttner mentioned the poor. That meant blantantly ignoring the existence of almost one-sixth of the population. Lindsay, enraptured in his joyous account of the past eight years, even went as far as declaring, "It is impossible to find a major group in the population that has not gained...
Both men were right, but neither tried to reconcile the two seemingly contradictory statistics. While the 50th percentile of the population (the median) may have gained slightly, the bottom 20 or 30 percent lost so much that they dragged the bottom 70 percent down. Poverty reconciled the statistics, but it went unmentioned...
DUKAKIS and Bush would have been proud of their representatives. After all, neither candidate has cared to address the seriousness of poverty or propose explicit solutions. Dukakis has certainly gotten closer than Bush; he'll speak of "people without health insurance" or "people without housing." But neither can utter the word "poor" in the context of improving basic social policy...
...short beard and moustache, about 5 feet 10 inches tall and weighing approximately 150-160 pounds. According to police, the attacker grabbed his first victim from behind and held a knife to her throat. The second woman was threatened with a knife but never actually saw it. In neither case did the man use his knife...
...whole, Solon's is not bad advice for George Bush or the pundits who have already given him this election. While neither was looking, Mike Dukakis has been busy preparing for what may be the coup of the campaign. Barring any last minute glitches or changes of heart he will appear on a special 90 minute edition of ABC's Nightline tonight, alone. Bush refused ABC's offer to appear together with Dukakis. For Dukakis, who has come out of the second debate slipping fast in the polls, all of this could not have come at a better time...