Word: return
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Bush and his advisers began painting Dukakis as soft on defense and big on social spending, a return ticket to high inflation and interest rates. "Dukakis is just a Northern-fried Jimmy Carter," said Bush Campaign Manager Lee Atwater. Reason for the assaults: "Dukakis is starting to emerge as a stature candidate, slightly bigger than life," explained a Bush aide. "That has to be nipped. It's much easier to shape opinion about a candidate when he's still relatively unknown...
...sweep of last week's Pennsylvania G.O.P. primary gave Bush enough delegates for the nomination. That prompted a belated congratulatory call from the Vice President's last remaining opponent, Pat Robertson. Although details must be worked out, Robertson will receive prime TV time at the convention in return for suspending his moribund campaign. Bush forces are planning several regional unity meetings in June to stroke supporters of the other Republican candidates flattened by the Bush juggernaut...
Youngsters are sometimes physically unable to return home. Detroit police frequently find juveniles locked in crack houses by older dealers. The teen dealers sit inside, selling drugs through slots in a wall. "There were bars on the windows, bars on the doors, and they had McDonald's food delivered in," says an Arkansas police chief about a group of local teens recruited to Detroit. "They were virtually held captive...
...count on 3 percentage points from Le Pen's first-round total. That support, they thought, would come mainly from disenchanted Communists in working-class districts, where Le Pen sentiment was often strongest. Such voters had cast anti- immigrant protest ballots in the first round, but were expected to return to the leftist fold in the runoff. An additional 2 points of support was expected from Barre voters. All that would push Mitterrand over the top with nearly...
...exports by 5% if OPEC would do the same. The cutback would be easier for the smaller group to accomplish than for OPEC. Among the six, a 5% reduction would amount to only about 200,000 bbl., while for OPEC it would be more like 700,000 bbl. In return, OPEC members debated a counterproposal that would reduce the group's total production...