Word: quicked
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...campaign, Ferraro appears to be winning in the field, Bush on paper. The Democrat has drawn large, enthusiastic crowds. Her quick-footedness has served her well. Bush, meanwhile, is surprisingly inept as a campaigner. His earnest speeches seldom excite even the smallish Republican crowds he usually addresses, and he sometimes reacts badly to the to-and-fro of daily campaigning. Yet according to public opinion polls, the Vice President, with his 18 years of solid national experience, is much more highly regarded than his Democratic counterpart. A New York Times/CBS News poll released Sunday found that 47% of voters view...
Buscetta showed, though, that these two Mafias need each other. The traditional U.S. families began with the immigrant "mustache Petes." They were succeeded by the gangsters of the 1920s and '30s, who were quick to settle their differences with violence. These founding godfathers eventually gave way to more sophisticated criminals, who discovered that buying politicians and law-enforcement officials was just as easy as, and more effective than, shooting them. But the modern U.S. Mafia has fallen on hard times, say federal authorities. With their sons and heirs becoming assimilated and choosing the boardroom over the back room...
...facade of the Mafia has its cracks. By continuing the cooperation that has brought them this far, U.S. and Italian authorities can widen the gaps. With patience and persistence they may even widen them to the point that the Mafia's facade crumbles. Doing so will be neither quick nor easy. But as last week's events show, the goal is worth pursuing...
...ground to pick up in the next month to pull our Presidential victory, but his surprisingly strong debate performance was not offered in vain. In a campaign reason in which Democrats have had remarkably little to cheer about, Mondale has finally given his party a reason to cheer. His quick and successful rhetorical jabs at an unusually slow-witted Reagan has worked, in a number of ways, to steam the seemingly unstoppable erosion away from the Democratic Party nationwide...
...hurt us mentally," Button said. The Bruins pounced on Harvard for some quick insurance goals in the aftermath of the meloe, putting the game out of reach...