Word: rewards
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Democrats cannot agree on a new and more relevant philosophy by 1984, they will have missed a splendid opportunity. With a conservative Republican in the White House, the Democrats do not have to reward their traditional constituencies with new programs. "Reagan is absolutely ensuring us that we have all the blacks, environmentalists, women and labor union members," claims Jim Johnson, an aide to Mondale. "We don't have to be on the frontier issues any more." Thus the party is free to overhaul shopworn policies and get them in line with the demands and limits of the 1980s. "Voters...
...reward, the ruler promises her the hand of any noble in his court. Helena chooses Bertram. Aghast, the snobbish youth flees to the Florentine wars, leaving word that he will only acknowledge Helena as his wife when she secures the ancestral ring on his ringer and is pregnant with his child. To cut the Gordian knot of the plot, Helena achieves just that...
Incentives to cheat are being publicized almost daily: 1) the tax break our Congressmen gave themselves as a reward for having to live in Washington, 2) the President's "working" vacation in the Caribbean, 3) Nancy's costly staff. Is it any wonder that taxpayers feel no guilt when "making an error" in the amount of interest paid on a home mortgage...
...adventure that has brought them to the brink of war with Britain. The invasion of the Falkland Islands was clearly a ploy to distract Argentine citizens from their domestic grievances. We can only hope that the current crisis is resolved peacefully--and that whatever settlement is reached does not reward Argentina for its flagrant violation of international...
...with a handful of change near a candy machine. The couple from Park Avenue play backgammon at 7 in the morning; the amiable rotund man is a rock musician, and the lithe woman with him is his secretary, who considerately flew in yet another woman, his girlfriend, "as a reward...