Word: rodes
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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What a difference two days make. George Bush rode into Brussels last Monday the "Nowhere President," criticized as a dithering leader without vision, too passive, too reactive, too unimaginative to compete with Mikhail Gorbachev. In town to celebrate NATO's 40th anniversary, Bush seemed destined to preside over a nasty family quarrel, if not the alliance's demise...
...presidential lethargy to launch an initiative that wrested the arms-control initiative from the Soviet leader and averted a bruising collision among the allies. The sigh of relief echoed from West Germany to Washington, where Bush's lackadaisical leadership was sowing seeds of Government paralysis. Two days later, Bush rode out of Brussels the man of the moment...
...allies greeted the combination of plans rapturously, though with some technical reservations. As Dutch Prime Minister Rudd Lubbers said, "The experts may not be happy with this, but as a politician, I think it's the right thing to do." The President, said the prestigious British daily the Guardian, "rode to the rescue like the proverbial U.S. cavalry, at the last possible minute." There was even approval, though much more muted, from the Soviets. From Paris, Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze called Bush's plans "serious" and a "step in the right direction...
...began urging his protege to run for the House. Foley agonized and held back for so long that in the end he arrived in the state capital to declare his candidacy just hours before the filing deadline. In November 1964, Foley was one of 67 new Democratic Congressmen who rode to Washington on Lyndon Johnson's substantial coattails, ousting a Republican who had served in the House for 22 years...
...rode really well," Captain Cindy Green said. "I didn't think it was much of a contest. She won, hands down...