Word: paule
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Every politician in Washington, it seemed, wanted to be counted among supporters of the protesters. Seven House members sent Spilman a letter expressing their concern. Presidential contenders from George Bush to Jesse Jackson to Paul Simon weighed in with support for the naming of a deaf college president...
...effect on the nomination, especially if his support is crucial in a bartered process. So far, Al Gore has done the best job of keeping the lines open. Jackson and Gore talked twice last Tuesday night. About what? "Things personal, things political," says Jackson. He also talked to Paul Simon, but never connected with Dick Gephardt, who tried to reach him Tuesday night. The previous weekend Jackson spoke with Mario Cuomo. Did he ask for an endorsement? "Jesse said he'd rather have Matilda," joked the Governor, referring to his wife. The one candidate who seems not to care about...
Frequent fryer. During a closed-door meeting of campaign managers, Democratic Chairman Paul Kirk said the eventual nominee's plane must be equipped with the most advanced computers and communications equipment. Gerald Austin, Jesse Jackson's campaign manager, presented an unusual demand: "the ability to fry catfish on this plane." When Kirk asked Austin why a high-tech fryer should be aboard, he replied, "Because we're going to be the nominee...
Help not wanted. As opponents collapse, Bush's campaign has been besieged by job seekers. One aspirant: former Reagan Political Director Ed Rollins, who started with Bush, then moved to Paul Laxalt and finally Jack Kemp. One top Bush aide suggested that Rollins should work for Dole "for a week or two, since that's the only one he hasn't worked...
...expert in the field, you also know that it is a disturbingly common practice for employers to seek invalid reasons for delay. As Harvard's own Professor of Law Paul Weiler has noted, in a 1983 Harvard Law Review article...