Word: revolutionization
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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DESPITE President Reagan's failure to enact many of his extreme proposals, the Reagan Revolution has influenced the presidential candidates greatly. But instead of moving the terms of the political debate to the right, Reagan's policies have shifted both parties toward the center.
Because of the Reagan Revolution liberals now think they erred in the past. They no longer propose indiscriminate spending programs and are less likely to support free handouts. Nowhere is this more evident than in Michael Dukakis' campaign.
A more subtle, but equally important consequence of the Reagan Revolution is the shift in Republican thought reflected in Vice President George Bush's distancing himself from Reagan.
The American Revolution started at the Battles of Concord and Lexington in 1776.
Harvard golf Coach Jock Hopkins, a golf pro at the Concord Country Club, is also hoping to start a revolution of his own--a revolution within the New England collegiate golf tour.