Word: patly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Standing Pat...
CREDIT: TIME POLL CONDUCTED BY YANKELOVICH CLANCY SHULMAN, CHARTS BY CYNTHIA DAVIS; CARTOON BY (C) 1988 PAT OLIPHANT -- UNIVERSAL PRESS SYNDICATE, WHITE HOUSE PHOTOGRAPH BY WARD -- BLACK STAR; QUAYLE PHOTOGRAPH BY CYNTHIA JOHNSON...
That job description could apply to only one person: John Sasso, 41, the shrewd political operative with an engaging smile and an easy pat-on-the-back manner. For eleven months Sasso had been in purgatory, defrocked as Dukakis' campaign manager for his role in preparing the plagiarism videotape that helped drive Joseph Biden out of the Democratic race. Dukakis had promised that Sasso would play no further role in his campaign. But each time Dukakis stumbled there were new rumors of a resurrection. Last week, as the overconfidence of August gave way to the desperation of September, the summons...
...Standing Pat...
SILLIEST RHETORIC. Pat Robertson's denunciation of the French Revolution and his depiction of the A.C.L.U. as something akin to a terrorist organization...