Word: rosee
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Robert Joseph Dole, the small-town Kansan who rose to become Republican leader in the U.S. Senate, is a remarkable survivor not only of war but of politics. Despite losses in two prior bids for national office, he has steadily been rising in the polls for the Republican presidential nomination. ! Yet he still faces formidable obstacles in the 1988 presidential campaign. He has been known as an acerbic Washington insider, a pragmatic, conservative man for all sessions during his 18 years in the Senate. Can such a candidate project a vision of the country's future that will satisfy both...
...came to an end as suddenly and as temptestuously as it had begun. We were sitting in the Woolworth's cafeteria, a place where we ate often in order to save money for "our" future--when a dark-haired Latino walked though the door clutching a rose between his teeth...
...rose over Rockford, Ill., last week, residents could not believe their ears. "At 4:35 a.m.," a local radio station reported, "a tornado hit the Rockford, Ill., weather office. The entire town of Rockford has been demolished. If you are in the path, go to a basement shelter." Gazing out their windows, the town's citizens discovered a placid dawn scene. Not even a tree branch was down...
...domestic production faltered last year, imports rose by 900,000 bbl. a day, a 28% increase. The U.S. now depends on foreign producers for 38% of its supplies. In 1973, when oil prices surged in the wake of the Arab embargo against the U.S., Americans relied on foreign producers for 35% of their oil. As in the halcyon days of the 1960s, Americans believe they ought to be able to buy big cars if they feel like it or turn up the thermostat at every chill...
...whom are accumulating high tuition debts and feel pressure to earn wages. Rhode Island Democratic Senator Claiborne Pell will introduce a bill this month that would give ROTC- like tuition assistance to students doing community service. Thanks, say some, but no thanks. "Volunteerism should be selfless," explains M. Richard Rose, president of Rochester Institute of Technology. "Ideally you should be like the Lone Ranger. You do a good deed, then you leave a silver bullet and move...