Word: soulfulness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...loss of faith in the old liberal solutions. As long ago as 1975, a newly elected Governor named Dukakis proclaimed that "much of what government has tried to do over the past 15 years has failed." The Dukakis remark was not an isolated comment. Rather, it reflected a widespread soul-searching, continuing to this day, over the failure of ambitious social programs to make much discernible headway against poverty. As Michael Barker, a leading Democratic economic analyst, says, "Not only is there no Democratic agenda, we've almost reached the point where there's no faith in even having...
...conventions. But the placid surface should not mask the reality that the party has embarked on a bold and different course. The curtain has finally fallen on the liberalism that guided F.D.R., Lyndon Johnson and -- yes -- Walter Mondale. Now it is up to Michael Dukakis to define its postliberal soul...
...devil, who prefers the moniker Applegate, offers to transform Joe into the greatest slugger in the history of the game. Applegate's price is the usual recompense: a paltry -- albeit eternal -- shift in allegiance. Since this is fiction, Joe resists more than most. But ultimately, how can an immortal soul compete with the gifts of youth, grace, coordination and tape-measure home runs...
...soon as Ryan, John, Sutton and Nettles hang up their spikes. Meanwhile, my own team, the baleful, basket-case Baltimore Orioles, those baseball bunglers who butchered 21 straight, have tumbled beyond human salvation. If perchance you are reading these words with devilish delight, Applegate, here is one middle-aged soul ready to deal...
...probably will not tell a soul before the convention, including Barbara Bush . . . I have not really begun to contemplate running mates...