Word: outspend
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Soviets are 15 years ahead of us in manned space experience. They outspend us up there 4 to 1. Why? Because the struggle on earth will be decided up there, as John Kennedy said a quarter of a century...
...promised to retain the bases at least until 1991, when an agreement with the U.S. expires. Despite her status as a folk hero to many Filipinos, Aquino will have to work hard to defeat the President at the polls. During the election campaign, the opposition expects Marcos to outspend the $28 million or so that Aquino hopes to raise. Marcos' ruling New Society Movement (K.B.L.) is the dominant force in most of the country's 73 provinces, and he can dispense favors and public works virtually at will. Aquino must also overcome the handicap of being female in a heavily...
...escape these dilemmas and to find simple and understandable solutions. On the left, the desire to escape takes the form of a naive belief in good will or in unilateral actions. On the right, it takes the form of a search for "superiority," in the belief that we can outspend the Soviets and outdo them more or less indefinitely in technology. The Administration's Strategic Defense Initiative ("Star Wars") is an elaboration of this view...
...techniques to voters who were more affluent and mobile than those in the past. Television allowed candidates to reach into the home, bypassing cumbersome and outdated political machines. The message had to be short and simple, conveyed in a 30-second spot. In 1980 the Republicans were able to outspend the Democrats $152 million to $98 million, and their television ads were particularly effective. One of the meanest showed a Tip O'Neill look-alike driving a long black Lincoln Continental that...
...group, the Senate Republicans are now projected to outspend their Democratic opponents by an up to 10:1 margin and will reach in each state the maximum dollar figure a national party organization can legally spend. In the 1982 congressional races, the Republicans outspent the Democratic campaign committees by 4 to 1, and while the Democrats are expected to do better this time out, they won't even be able to come close to matching the GOP war chest...