Word: perfection
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...otherwise would have marked the party's triumphant return to the White House. "We should not have lost this election," insists Texas agriculture commissioner Jim Hightower, one of the party's leading populists. "By God, it's awful we could not beat George Bush and Dan Quayle. They were perfect for us." This widespread view stems directly from the party's consistent strength at all other levels of government. As political scientist Nelson Polsby puts it, "The only thing wrong with the Democratic Party is that they can't elect a President. Everything else they're doing is right...
...League schools. Meanwhile, 400 miles away in a small town in upstate New York, Cornell will battle the University of Pennsylvania for the real championship. The Big Red can earn a share of the Ivy championship with a victory today. If Penn wins, it will finish with a perfect record for the second time in three years and capture its sixth championship in seven years...
...Harvard, The Game this year presents the Crimson with the perfect opportunity to salvage a dismal season...
...instance, Fratto says, Jacqueline H. Sloan '90, who plays Eva, has "a magic quality about her presence that made her perfect for this role. whereas someone else may have more power in the higher registers...
Harvard and Yale each entered The Stadium on November 23, 1968 with perfect 8-0 records, setting the stage for a matchup that would decide not only the bragging rights of the two schools but also the Ivy League championship...