Word: planks
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...plank violates Harvard's policy of nondiscrimination. And ROTC opponents say this is reason enough to keep the program off campus...
...Waltons and less like the Simpsons." Clinton, who does a better impression of Bush's prissy drawl than he does of Elvis, promotes his campaign with the unwipe-offable grin of a pitchman on a late-night infomercial. Newt Gingrich calls the Democrats' family-values policy the "Woody Allen plank...
...America First" motto into the platform's final draft. Though proposals to phase out foreign aid and to castigate the Administration for granting China most-favored-nation status were voted down, the Buchanan camp did win a provision favoring tougher measures against illegal immigration from Mexico. The new plank supported placing "structures" along the border, a variation of Buchanan's idea of building frontier fences. "That's wacko," remarked Congressman Vin Weber of Minnesota, a conservative whose main concern is fiscal policy...
HOUSTON--Massachusetts Gov. William F. Weld '66 addressed the Republican National Convention Tuesday night, evoking a mixture of cheers of cheers and boos when he restated his opposition to the platform's antiabortion plank...
...governor, who spearheaded an unsuccessful effort Monday to reopen debate on the platform's abortion plank, brought up the issue one more time for everyone to hear. "I happen to think that individual freedom should extended to a women's right to choose," Weld said. "I want the government out of your pocketbook and your bedroom...