Word: social
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...will be a cold day in Bangladesh before [the opening of the clubs to women] happens voluntarily," says Zubrensky. Zubrensky says he became inactive in his club after recent judicial rulings made him realize that all-male social clubs have no future...
...Hampshire, it was Dole, not Bush, who launched the first strike. Several days after Iowa, the Dole campaign aired a slick, well-made ad featuring joint head shots of the Senator and the Vice President. The announcer listed areas in which Dole claimed that he had shown leadership -- Social Security, INF, tax cuts -- and then said in a stentorian voice, "George Bush had nothing to do with it." Each time, Bush's image faded a little more, until it finally vanished...
Gephardt swiftly retaliated. His ads were minimalist: all words, white on a black background, ending with a small picture of Gephardt's face. The ad fired from both barrels, accusing Simon of distorting Gephardt's record on Social Security and describing Michael Dukakis as "one of the biggest tax raisers in ^ Massachusetts history." Between Saturday and Tuesday, Gephardt's slide stopped...
...page text bore a cumbersome title: Ideology of Renewal for Revolutionary Perestroika. But Soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev's speech at last week's Central Committee plenum was a spirited defense of the ambitious economic and social reform policies that he has championed under the banner of perestroika, or restructuring. On topics ranging from party doctrine and Soviet history to cultural freedom and foreign policy, the General Secretary called for continued change while identifying his own innovations with the Communist ideals of Lenin. "We are striving," he declared, "to revive the Leninist look of the new system...
Profoundly conservative in his personal life, Dukakis has certain policy prejudices that show up mostly on social issues. He does not easily take advice on things he is opposed to, such as state-provided needles for drug users and programs that allow gay foster parents. His ideology is mixed: Dukakis is a strong believer in government intervention in areas like education, crime and welfare...