Word: shucking
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Democrat trying to shuck that liberal image is Al Gore of Tennessee, who seeks a broad coalition in the political center. A fellow Senator, Paul Simon, argues that despite his record as an old-fashioned liberal, he has always attracted Republican votes in his home state of Illinois. TIME's poll had bad news for both. Among all registered voters, they scored close to the top of the "would not vote for" category, with 65% each. Republicans found them even less attractive (73% saying no to Gore, 71% to Simon), and registered Democrats gave them an identical vote of least...
...rough-and-rollicking stereotype of Calgary has been created, in large part, by the summer shindig known as the Calgary Stampede, a major stomp on the rodeo circuit that has been drawing revelers since 1912. Some citizens would like to shuck that image. "People think of Calgary as a town full of red-neck, capitalist cowboys driving Cadillacs," complains Rod Love, who works in the mayor's office. "We are the financial and technical capital of Western Canada." There is a stock exchange and a contingent of high-tech companies to back up that claim. There is even a mayor...
...Senator Bob Dole has raised $3.7 million and is also drawing on funds collected for his last Kansas campaign. Former Delaware Governor Pierre du Pont, though still a distant figure in polls, has pulled in $2.3 million. By contrast, New York State Congressman Jack Kemp has been trying to shuck a reputation as the tin-cup candidate. Though he has collected $3.3 million, much of it comes from direct- mail solicitation, a high-cost technique that helps explain why he had a mere $150,000 balance after allowing for pending bills at the beginning of this month. His campaign...
Moreover, Iacocca likes getting his way in the world quickly and unambiguously. He is a bossy boss. Heads of corporations can fold whole departments, hire anybody they choose and, in Iacocca's phrase, shuck the losers. Presidents, on the other hand, are hemmed in, constrained by the Executive bureaucracy, checked and balanced by Congress. In the give and take of governing, Iacocca's virtues--frankness, boldness--might not serve him so well. "He's a man who wants his hands on all the levers," says White House Aide Craig Fuller, the Administration official friendliest with Iacocca. Could a President Iacocca...
...phrase. Earlier that year he had devised a $56-a-month credit plan for Ford buyers ("$56 for '56"); later he was intent on the Mustang's exceeding the Falcon's all-time one-year auto sales record of 417,000 ("417 by 4/17"); still later, he introduced his "shuck the losers" plan to winnow out unprofitable departments. In 1960, Iacocca took over as head of the Ford car division...