Word: robinsons
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...several factors. Three strong, conflicting, well-known candidates-Gov. Edward J. King, former Gov. Michael S. Dukakis and 14, Gov. Thomas P. O'Neill III-vie for the Democratic nomination. The Republican spot is sought by five relative unknowns-Westwood businessman John R. Lakian, House minority leader William G. Robinson, assistant House minority whip Andrew H. Card Jr., former Boston city councilor John W. Sears '52 and former Metropolitan District Commissioner Guy Carbone...
...still difficult to predict who will receive the convention's non-binding endorsement in two weeks, but all sides agree it will come down to Lakian and Robinson. Lakian, who has no political experience and to playing up his "untainted" image, has been organizing for these years...
...Robinson, the opposition leader in the legislature, has encouraged speculation about his ambitions for equally long...
Lovely irony. Like life. An infantry corporal with nine pieces of shrapnel in his back carried on the fight for three years, pressing, retreating, always recovering and trudging wearily ahead, overcoming protesting generals (Air Force Ace Robinson Risner) and multimillionaires (Ross Perot) and politicians (Congressman Phil Crane) and pundits (Columnist Pat Buchanan) and bureaucrats (Secretary of the Interior James Watt...
...forces has become the order of the day. And Allie's fate suggests that the trend is irreversible. He undoes himself because he carries with him the civilization he thought he had abandoned. He explains his itch to improve the wilderness: "Why live like savages? In the end, Robinson Crusoe went back home! But we're staying." His delusion is emblematic of the age: he runs but he cannot hide. -By Paul Gray