Word: reaganism
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Reagan years were unkind to college students. Cuts in student aid programs made mounting tuition bills even harder to pay. Although this in itself was bad enough, perhaps the unkindest cut of all was not financial...
...also hopes to improve the reputation of a department which lost prestige during the Reagan-Bush era, he said...
Unlike Ronald Reagan, who once said he did not attend church regularly because it was "wrong" to make worshippers go through metal detectors required for his security, Clinton has been a steady presence at Little Rock's Immanuel Baptist Church since 1980, singing in the choir every Sunday he was in town, wearing robe No. 192 and bringing his family Bible with him. Unlike Jimmy Carter, who made his born-again experience as a Baptist a public testament to his integrity, Clinton is deeply reticent about his faith, even showing mild disdain for those who would play up their faith...
...village of 4,700 people. Unless, of course, Eastwood had larger ambitions. That made sense to them. The more Eastwood denied it, the more convinced became those who breathe the rarefied air in Bel Air and Beverly Hills that Eastwood was grooming himself to become the next Ronald Reagan. It was far simpler than that. Eastwood felt his town government wasn't working, and he was willing to sacrifice his privacy to try to fix it. Eastwood, like the Man with No Name or Dirty Harry, acts decisively on his convictions...
...weekend rallies Perot has been holding in states where he ran well last November, he usually draws large, enthusiastic crowds. He artfully strokes the indignation of his overwhelmingly white, middle-class audiences. Like Ronald Reagan circa 1980, he provides endless examples of outrageous extravagance. Also like Reagan, he sometimes uses more fancy than fact. According to Perot, every federal employee can get "free college and graduate school all the way up to Ph.D. level." In fact, the program he cites is designed to train specialists in so-called shortage occupations. About 100 workers have participated since the scheme began...