Word: prize
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Jackson won the District of Columbia, capturing a Democratic consolation prize and his first primary victory in six weeks. But Dukakis shed some of his customary caution and proclaimed, "I think it's going to be difficult" for his only remaining Democratic rival to deny him the nomination...
Tapping a junior American History professor for the third consecutive year, the Undergraduate Council last night awarded the Levenson Teaching Prize...
...indication that he wanted it. Then Campaign Manager Austin and Campaign Chairman Willie Brown talked to reporters about the second spot for Jackson as if it were a live option. Dukakis responded the next day by observing that being second banana in the nomination race carries no guaranteed prize...
...fall and Jackson's future in the party. One can imagine a conversation in which the two fence about how radical or mainstream the platform should be and what Jackson's role will become. Dukakis will hope that his proud companion can settle for influence rather than a specific prize, such as a place on the ticket...
...achievement of Penelope Lively in her seventh novel, the surprise winner of the prestigious Booker Prize in England for 1987, is that she manages to evoke considerable sympathy for a character who could easily be a pompous bore. Lively sees her whole: an innocent in a shriveling world, determined to live on a heroic scale and frustrated by family and friends who fail her as companion demigods...