Word: raced
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...dream and his own, Al Gore is trying to set himself starkly apart from the rest of the Democratic contenders, much to their recent fury. With the decision of Dale Bumpers, Bill Clinton and Sam Nunn to remain on the sidelines, Gore became the only Southerner in the race, a fact he rarely fails to mention during his frequent forays through the region. When Gore is campaigning in Arkansas and Texas, his accent changes subtly as "my" becomes "mah" and "narrow" becomes "narrah." He also proclaims himself a "raging moderate," a distinction he has increasingly emphasized by challenging his opponents...
...naval presence in the Persian Gulf, the invasion of Grenada and the bombing of Libya. He opposes the proposal by most of his opponents for a ban on missile flight tests. He says his centrist views make him more "electable" than the other five Democrats in the race, particularly Michael Dukakis, who opposes almost any use of American force abroad as well as virtually all new nuclear weapon systems...
Gore tries to strike a bond with ordinary voters by proclaiming himself the "only farmer in the race." He tells stories about raising Angus cattle since he was six on his father's 250-acre farm in Carthage, Tenn.; he showed one of his heifers and won a blue ribbon at the Iowa State Fair. But he quickly adds that anyone who shakes hands with him will notice the absence of calluses: "I haven't been spending much time on tractors of late...
Gore's strategy of combining distinctiveness and plausibility is working. James Johnson, who ran Walter Mondale's 1984 race and who so far this year is on the sidelines, says, "Gore has passed a threshold of being a credible contender." Some prominent Republicans agree. Says Bill Brock: "While following Al Sr.'s liberalism on a lot of issues, Al Jr. is able to present himself as a mainstream Democrat. He'd be a good, tough candidate in the general election." The leaderships of the Hart campaigns in New Hampshire, Illinois, Florida and Washington State have come over to the Gore...
American choppers sink one gunboat and disable two others after Iranians open fire. -- Robert Bork vows to take his futile Supreme Court confirmation fight to a vote on the Senate floor. -- A young Al Gore, the South' s articulate contender, stakes out a hawkish role in the Democratic nomination race. -- Clare Boothe Luce, a woman who triumphed in a man' s world, dies...