Word: shows
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Democratic pundits say that voters wanted to hedge their bets by putting a congressional brake on the Bush administration. Republicans say that wins by incumbents show a general satisfaction with elected officials who bask in Reagan-induced prosperity. Electoral reformers say that it reflects the insurmountable advantages of incumbency...
Presidential candidate Gov. Michael Dukakis beat Vice President Bush by a margin of 31,492 votes to 8708 in Cambridge, approximately 77 percent to 21 percent. National election figures show that Bush beat Dukakis 54 percent to 46 percent, with Dukakis carrying his home state...
...whole attitude all season long has beenthat we are almost there but [Brown] has beenstronger and more experienced," Richards said. "Wefeel we're close to putting it together and nextweek is our last chance to show that."CrimsonDavid C. VanTODD FORMAN...
...that the fans don't show any enthusiasm--it's just never directed at the game. A 20-yd. Flutie to Stanley Morgan completion isn't enough to prod the spectators to stand, but a time-out rendition of "Twist and Shout...
...other deals, including the proposed buyout of RJR Nabisco, the managers initiate the action. In one of the least controversial types of management buyouts, the executives of a particular division buy it from a larger parent company. These managers are out to prove they can run their own show -- and run it better than some sprawling conglomerate that has grown inattentive or slothlike in responding to the needs of its far-flung divisions. Some 1,100 units of U.S. companies have been acquired by their managers since 1982, and it is a blue-chip list: the Montgomery Ward department-store...