Word: solids
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...wholesale rejection of Walter Mondale, who tried to stitch the New Deal coalition together yet again, demonstrated both the weakness of that strategy and the dire nature of the party's condition. Bullied by interest blocs, the Democrats showed themselves without clear leadership and devoid of a solid ideological or geographical base...
...After a solid 28-18 triumph over Dartmouth, the Elis began a string of miracles that would do a Sunday-morning T.V. evangelist proud...
...than ever. The Nicaraguan junta has been warning of an American invasion for more than two years. American muscle flexing and saber rattling gives them the best of both worlds, allowing the Sandinistas to capitalize on public fear of the Yankee threat without risking a war. And after a solid week of sonic booms over Managua-probably caused by American reconnaissance planets-the Sandinista are probably filling out the forms for a real batch of planes...
...best performance in 25 years. About a quarter-million jobs were created, and unemployment fell from 10% to 8.8%. Said Peter Drysdale, executive director of the Australia-Japan Research Center at the Australian National University in Canberra: "Australia is moving from a spectacular recovery into a period of solid and sustained growth...
...lying in bed crying as a man's voice says not to tell or the man will go to jail. In Cook County, Ill., the sheriffs department has presented a three-day abuse-prevention program to as many as 8,000 youngsters and is booked solid by area schools through 1986. In Minnesota and Wisconsin, the professional Illusion Theater Co. has reached more than half a million children with live and televised shows at both the grade school and high school levels. Illusion's high school pre sentation carries some raw stuff, including a chilling family meeting...