Word: pecking
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Mark Parrent, editor-in-chief, and Joshua Peck, editorial page editor of The Michigan Daily, were scheduled to be arraigned on charges of trespassing last Tuesday, but the prosecutor postponed arraignment pending further research...
...candidates have plenty over which to fight. Dornan, an archconservative, is one of Congress's most fervent opponents of abortion, the ERA and SALT II. Says Dornan, a former Air Force fighter pilot: "The way to keep the peace is to prepare for war." Peck, on the other hand, is a self-proclaimed fiscal conservative and social liberal. He favors the ERA, more defense spending and tax incentives for building new homes, a popular issue in his district, with its 30% annual inflation in house prices...
...issues have been obscured in the race by mud as thick as a Los Angeles slide. Dornan is an expert slinger; he has called Peck "a sick, pompous little ass" who is a "Daddy's boy looking for something to do." Early in the campaign, Dornan charged that Peck in 1978 accepted an illegal campaign contribution from an Alabama businessman who is in federal prison for fraud. The charge backfired: the businessman did try to contribute $13,000, but Peck eventually returned the checks. Peck faults Dornan for his membership, now terminated, on the advisory board of the right...
Although Dornan and Peck debated 17 times in 1978, there have been only two this year. At one of the forums, Peck demanded an apology from his opponent for his campaign attacks. Dornan responded by slapping a coin down on the table: "Here's a dime, character. Use it to call and congratulate...
...Peck may get to keep that dime. Dornan's tactics have turned off voters and helped win Peck the endorsement of Dornan's predecessor, eight-term Republican Alphonzo Bell, who stayed neutral in 1978. He now criticizes Dornan's "extremist, right-wing viewpoints." Although Dornan and Peck are running about even in the polls, political experts give Peck a good shot at pulling ahead...