Word: solidities
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Stepping into that political quicksand, the adroit Senate Majority Leader is attempting a most difficult feat. Baker is deftly challenging the economic beliefs of a President from his own party, while trying to preserve party unity. After leading Senate Republicans into solid support of Reagan's budget and tax policies last year, he is backing their resistance this year but trying to channel it to achieve a constructive compromise with the President. All the while, Baker is struggling to prevent chaotic fragmentation in a Congress in which undisciplined procedures and election-year insecurities work strongly against cooperative action on behalf...
...stellar as Dickerman has been, Princeton's staff worries opposing coaches even more. The Tigers' top hurler received the All-Ivy laurels at her position last season, and she has another solid pitcher backing her up. Princeton placed second behind UPenn at the 1981 tourney, and the two teams will square off in a 4 p.m. Sunday contest...
...They've beaten Carlton twice." I said almost mechanically as I regained some composure and managed the trip back from the fridge with only minor difficulty. "Their offense is hot--Kingman and Foster are choking on opposite days--and they're getting some solid pitching from a staff of all-star has-beens--Randy Jones, Pat Zachry, Craig Swan...
...sixth, with the Crusaders leading 9-7, freshman shortstop Tony DiCesare rapped a single to center, scoring Martelli and Brad Bauer, both of whom had connected for solid base hits. DiCesare just about made up for a horrendous three-error day in the field with a two-for-four performance at the plate...
...same time, Lee is desperately envious of his brother's success, of his home and car and wife and children, of his solid bourgeois existence. Sneeringly, but also wistfully. Lee refers to "houses like they have in magazines. You know, with blondes moving in and out of rooms. "Lee's ambivalence toward security and society crystallizes when Austin invites a movie producer. Saul Kimmer (Richard Grusin), to the house to talk business. Scoffing openly at Kimmer's lifestyle. Lee the dirty, ill-spoken, scowling failure babbles with gleeful sarcasm about his imaginary residence in Palm Springs, his love of gold...