Word: nicely
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Putting together the structure was not as simple as the team had first thought. "Inside, the pallazio was nice and cool, but outside when we were doing the final work, it was 112-degrees," says Erik Anderson, one of the GSD students on the project...
Personal File: Despite the difficult season, Harvard players are putting up some nice numbers. Hinz needs 327 yards to move into fifth place on Harvard's all-time career rushing list. He needs 11 points to move into 10th place on the Crimson's all-time scoring list...
...Bush's negatives receded, he sought to raise those of Dukakis. After slipping up in the first debate, Bush smiled and said, "Wouldn't it be nice to be the Ice Man, so you never make a mistake?" His aides later christened the contest the Nice Man vs. the Ice Man. The idea was to portray Bush's occasional goofiness as engaging, and Dukakis' competence as soulless...
...strategy was simple: depict the Nice Man as incompetent, and the Competent Man as nice. The Governor began to act more like Mike Douglas than Mike Dukakis. In North Dakota he pecked two cheerleaders on the cheek and led a crowd in a spirited rendition of Happy Birthday. No more clenched fists; Dukakis began showing open palms...
...Vince Breglio. "He's made competence his emblem. But competence is only a part of image. A President has to be open and caring, as well as tough and hard. He must project a comfortable image. It's tough for Dukakis to retrace his steps now and make himself nice...