Word: resistance
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...thunderhead deficits that could prove anything any candidate wanted to prove. Yet underneath, more enduring and more important, was a clash between American cultures. At bottom the candidates were talking about the community of Americans, torn by enormous surges of new forces, bewildered by how to greet or resist them. The campaign was about how we live together-in short, about our culture as a nation in change...
Despite his big lead, Reagan could not resist tossing some zingers at Mondale that particularly pleased his partisan crowds. A sample: "If my opponent's campaign were a Broadway show, it would be Promises, Promises." But Mondale had his own parting shots...
Massachusetts, considered a stubborn bastion of liberalism, was the only state to resist President Richard M. Nixon's reelection tidal wave...
...course, no ordinary refrigerator. The 3-cu.-ft. model used aboard the Navy's P-3 Orion antisubmarine plane had to operate at high altitudes and in turbulent weather, resist vibrations and not affect the aircraft's sensitive electronic gear. Even so, it hardly seemed worth the price the Navy paid...
With any luck at all the discovery of this booklet should stiffen congressional resolve to resist more funds for the contras. But then what is to be done with the remaining books? One good possibility would be to distribute it free of charge to the rebels in El Salvador on the off chance they might follow some of the suggestions. Considering the luck the contras have had and the usual quality of CIA advice, the rebels will roll over and die within a month...