Word: plante
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...spoke, one company executive asked another if Dukakis was aware of the plant's foreign ownership. Aides rushed to tell reporters that Dukakis was not criticizing Moog or its owners but was opposed to a growing trend of foreign investment in the United States...
...would induce huge increases in saving and investment, which would produce enormous growth, which would wipe out the deficits. They were wrong. Net private saving, which averaged 8.1% of GNP in the 1960s and 1970s, dropped to 5.8% in the 1980s. (It was 4.1% last year.) Investment in new plant and equipment averaged 3.3% of GNP in 1950-80 and 2.3% during the 1980s. Economic growth averaged 4.8% in the 1960s, 2.8% in the 1970s and 2.2% in the 1980s. And we know what happened to the deficit...
...sent the bill back again, Congress easily overrode his veto. The pattern for the final two years of the lame-duck President's term was set: in almost contemptuous defiance of vetoes and threats, Congress enacted expensive measures to improve highways and mass transit, mandate 60- day notification of plant closings and layoffs, provide help to the homeless, bolster elementary and secondary education, and provide protection against catastrophic illness...
Academic Dean Albert Carnesale, who has advised Dukakis on nuclear power issues, including the controversial evacuation plans involving the Seabrook, N.H. nuclear power plant, is also mentioned as a possible appointee, as is Lecturer in Public Policy Robert Reich, an economist with strong ties to the Democratic party...
...will never be mistaken for John Rambo, but Michael Dukakis, clad in an Army helmet and clutching a machine gun, tried to look like the militarist he isn't at a General Dynamics plant outside Detroit last week. It was difficult to tell whether the queasy expression came from his bumpy ride in an M1 tank or his disdain for hokey photo ops. But he was ready to sacrifice dignity in the service of his theme. The message: Dukakis is tough on defense...