Word: solidities
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...have to make sure our defense is solid," Young continued. "It's not just the defensemen's responsibility to hold down the fort. The forwards have to do some back-checking as well. We can't win if we keep giving up five goals like we did at Princeton...
...miles a month and earning $100,000 a year from investments plus another $6,000 from Social Security, all four of these tax hikes would hit. Total: an extra $1,800 ($1,300 filing jointly). But look how much better he'd sleep knowing the economy was headed for solid ground, his investments were likely to gain, and his grandkids likely to inherit a prosperous economy rather than decay, debt and decline...
Bush's victory was national in scope: he won 54% of the popular vote, which translated into a likely 426 electoral votes of a possible 538. He ran strongest in the South and the Rocky Mountain states, two regions that have become a rock-solid electoral base for Republicans. In addition, he held on to some of Reagan's key voting blocs, running even with Dukakis among the middle class, winning the majority of independents and most baby boomers. But Bush was hurt by the gender gap. Dukakis won 52% of the votes cast by women, in contrast...
...tilted only slightly toward the Democratic ticket, 53% to 47%. This year they went 59% for Dukakis. Independents leaned heavily toward Bush, 58% to 42%, but last time Reagan captured 68% of them. Reagan in 1984 seemed to lock up the political future for his party by corralling a solid 59% of voters between 18 and 24 years old. This week Dukakis carried that youngest set, 51% to 49%. The next age group, those between 25 and 34, went for Bush by a margin of 4 points...
...most impressive element of Bush's victory was its geographic sweep. To his solid base in the South, he added much of the Middle West, parts of the Northeast, the Mountain States and California. Though the G.O.P. carried several large states by thin margins, Bush demonstrated that there is still considerable strength in the theory of a "Republican lock" on the Electoral College. For a generation Republican presidential candidates have enjoyed an advantage in the distribution of electoral votes, and Bush exploited that benefit...