Word: outlook
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...similarity in outlook only heightens the deep differences in personality and style. In manner, temperament, perspective on life -- that amorphous bundle of characteristics that define a person -- Bush and Dole are like aliens from separate planets despite years traveling in the same orbit...
...accident that the two sit at opposite ends of any platform; any closer, and the friction could set the place on fire. When Bush lapses into his gee-whiz optimism, that rosy outlook that comes from having everything dropped into his lap, Dole looks as if he wants to stuff a sock into Bush's mouth. When Dole makes one of his sardonic asides that let observers know he is above the low company he is temporarily keeping, Bush appears so offended by the impropriety of it all -- no one made sharp remarks at the Bush family dinner table -- that...
...moment, the two contenders who ran first and third in Iowa will define the Democratic debate. Dukakis' opposition to Gephardt's agenda of get-tough trade policies and an oil-import fee is only part of the equation. More telling are their differences in orientation and outlook. For all his new populist pretensions, Gephardt remains a man of the House, a legislative tactician whose vision is shaped by years of trying to assemble 218-vote majorities. Dukakis, in contrast, offers the skills of a can-do Governor who has prospered by marrying liberal goals with pinchpenny policies...
Though Dole and Bush are both seen as traditional G.O.P. politicians, there seems to be a cleavage, in culture and outlook, between their respective supporters. Says Charles Douglas, a former New Hampshire Supreme Court justice and a Kemp supporter: "It's the difference between those who buy their clothes at Sears and those who go to Brooks Brothers." If Dole represents Main Street, Bush personifies Wall Street. Dole's roots are rural; Bush's are suburban country club. Like Reagan, Bush is upbeat about the future; Dole, and Roberston as well, speaks for those who are concerned or resentful about...
...feared you feel great." Achieving better health for longer requires a continual alertness to false assumptions about old age, whether they come from family, friends, doctors or the old. Declares Thomas: "I have lived so many years, but I'm not old. I have a very positive outlook on life...