Word: rejectionism
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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WASHINGTON--President Bush yesterday named Rep. Richard Cheney (R-Wyo.) to be defense secretary, moving with surprising speed to leave behind the controversy caused by John G. Tower's rejection by the Senate.
Bush repeated his earlier accusations that Tower had been unfairly treated during his losing campaign for confirmation, but expressed an eagerness not to dwell on the rejection. He said Democratic leaders in the Senate "had given their word" that they were willing to cooperate with the new administration.
Manley's return was a resounding rejection of the conservative, free- enterprise philosophy that had kept Seaga in power for eight years and made him Ronald Reagan's closest ally in the Caribbean. Seaga, who consistently trailed Manley in the polls, had hoped to win back voters by promising to...
"For me, there is a certain level of rejection that you feel from both sides," she said. "I feel that I can move in two worlds, yet I'm never fully accepted by either one."
So I spent my days in math class fantasizing about Wendy, imagining the two of us doing really neat things like going to a movie or sharing cotton candy at the amusement park (I was only nine, and that really was the extent of my imagination). But I never told...