Word: nevadas
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Reagan, meanwhile, headed west through Colorado and Nevada as part of his week-long drive to boost Republicans in tight Senate races...
Mack told the audience about his own experience with civil disobedience--last June he was arrested for protesting at a nuclear test site in Mercury, Nevada...
...Reaganauts are also keeping a close eye on Nevada. With the President's old pal Senator Paul Laxalt retiring after two terms, the White House wants to make sure that the seat remains Republican. Nevada is Reagan country. White- haired, pink-cheeked Republican Contender Jim Santini, a former Democratic Congressman, has made good use of commercials that feature the President saying he needs Santini in the Senate. A shrewd, backslapping veteran pol, Santini has tried to depict his opponent, Democratic Congressman Harry Reid, as that Republican bogeyman, a "Tip O'Neill liberal." Reid depicts himself as a fighter against...
...supporters for overcoming challenges by Robertson and Jack Kemp last month in the first stage of the state's convoluted delegate-selection process. But the race is now entering a low- profile phase. Kemp, bumped to third place in Michigan by Robertson, is running for re-election to Congress. Nevada Senator Paul Laxalt, after dropping broad hints about 1988, appears to be having second thoughts. Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole has concentrated on the hectic legislative session and campaigning for colleagues who are up for re-election. Though he still lacks organizational heft, his decision to tend to Senate duties...
...long been a romantic if not always profitable enterprise. But nowadays gold mining is back in those parts as a booming, albeit unromantic, big business. No fewer than 22 new gold mines are expected to open up in the U.S. this year, most of them speckled across California, Nevada, Montana and Colorado. The treasure hunt is bound to bolster the position of the U.S. as No. 4 among gold-mining countries. America's importance as a producer has increased lately because traders have become fearful of disrupted output from the world's leading supplier: South Africa. The precious metal...