Word: shake
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Vermont's only Congressman, Sanders said he will oppose any offensive U.S. military operation in the Persian Gulf and will call for a five-year, 50% slash in defense spending. His soak-the-rich tax ideas will be welcomed by many Democrats. The apparent message from Vermont: let's shake things up in Washington...
...both contests the lesson was the same: it's fun to be a bomb thrower until the bomb blows up in your face. Texas Republican Clayton Williams squandered his lead over state treasurer Ann Richards with an unending stream of bloopers. He called Richards a liar and refused to shake her hand. His doom was sealed in the closing days of the campaign when he not only revealed that he was ignorant of the only constitutional amendment on the ballot but also admitted that he had paid no income taxes in 1986, even though he is a multimillionaire. Williams' gaffes...
...made good while staying on the Minneapolis scene -- in fact, he is the scene. But his new movie and album suggest he needs to shake himself loose the way he once shook up music...
Williams couldn't buy the election against Richards, though. Williams self-destructed, offending voters' sensibilities with his undecorous behavior and evident stupidity. He refused to shake Richards' hand at a Dallas luncheon and showed complete ignorance over a proposed constitutional amendment on the Texas ballot. Although most Texas voters weren't crazy about Richards (she constantly fought unusually high negative ratings), Williams' money could not erase the bad impressions he left with many voters...
...flurry of financial blows has knocked the stuffing out of an industry that made a record $1.7 billion in profits in 1988. After a wrenching consolidation during the '80s that forced over 200 carriers to merge or disappear, the few remaining major companies are about to undergo another shake-out. Already wobbling badly, a couple of the weakest ones -- Pan Am and Eastern -- may disappear. Others, like TWA and Continental, may be forced to merge with stronger partners or shrink down to a more manageable size...