Word: returned
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Bush will return to Washington tomorrow night, then fly Wednesday to Kennebunkport, Maine, for a long Thanksgiving holiday weekend that could include a fence-mending session with Gov. Michael S. Dukakis, the vanquished Democratic presidential nominee...
There is, to be sure, the counterargument that Democratic blunders kicked away a race that otherwise would have marked the party's triumphant return to the White House. "We should not have lost this election," insists Texas agriculture commissioner Jim Hightower, one of the party's leading populists. "By God, it's awful we could not beat George Bush and Dan Quayle. They were perfect for us." This widespread view stems directly from the party's consistent strength at all other levels of government. As political scientist Nelson Polsby puts it, "The only thing wrong with the Democratic Party...
...resurgence of the right has already meant a return of the death squads. Amnesty International issued a report last month charging that government security forces were responsible for a significant increase in killings and disappearances in the past two years. Moreover, despite $3 billion in U.S. military and economic assistance since 1981, living standards have declined. Malnutrition is on the rise, basic services are deteriorating, and joblessness hovers around 50%. Official corruption remains endemic...
Brountas called Sasso at Martha's Vineyard, where he had just begun a holiday with his wife. Could Sasso come to Boston immediately? Around Dukakis' kitchen table in Brookline, Dukakis asked Sasso to return and "run" the campaign. He "could kick himself," Dukakis said, that he hadn't done this earlier...
...driving with her mother from a supermarket in suburban Virginia when she heard a radio sound bite of Bush's "I'm one of you" quote. She felt her stomach sink. She called Fuller, who told her to be on Air Force Two the next afternoon for Bush's return to New Hampshire. Sitting next to Bush on the plane, she tried to make sense of what he was trying to say about himself. His hands fluttered near his chest, as if seeking his heart, and he said softly, "I guess we've got to get more...