Word: poore
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...echoes of a generation of violence and apathy, from the Kitty Genovese case in 1964 to the New Bedford, Mass., rape in 1983. There is a political edge to the debate too. "During the Reagan years," says Kaplan, "there's been a 'blame the victim' mentality. We blame the poor for poverty. We blame the homeless for being in the street...
...Atlanta with an 18-point lead. Driven to win, they dreamed of painting the East Room a dusty rose and replacing Nancy's china with simple stoneware. All that stood in their way was George Herbert Walker Bush, a wimp and a preppie, no more presidential than poor Pat Paulsen. But less than four months later, the sometimes goofy, malaprop-prone Republican devastated the Democrats. What went wrong...
Twenty-one months ago, an unknown Michael Dukakis ventured into Iowa to tell voters there why he should be President. Today his answer remains inchoate. The failing of his candidacy has more to do with the candidate himself than with poor strategy, inept aides, stylized debates, TV commercials or even George Bush. Dukakis is a decent, rational, hardworking man, dedicated to public service and the common good. But he never understood the office he sought. The presidency requires a leader who can forge an emotional bond with the people and act as a vehicle for their aspirations. Dukakis...
...what the circumstances of a case. Although the Government has raised Medicare compensation 11% between 1984 and this year, payments to hospitals have not kept pace with the costs of care for elderly patients, which have risen 22% in the same period. Medicaid, the federal program that covers the poor, is no safety net either. "It's a prescription for disaster," says Kenneth Robbins, president of the Illinois Hospital Association...
...scary, he really got hit," Cleary said. "The poor kid, he just did not know where he was. Anything like that is scary...