Word: southernism
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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DESPITE the presence of strong anti-American sentiments in many of our allies, the United States can rest easy in the knowledge that Canada, our closest ally, has not succumbed to fears of domination by its southern neighbor...
...election to be held next Tuesday. His prospects are impossible to determine -- the ballot is secret and double crosses are common. But even if he loses to George Mitchell or Daniel Inouye, the other contenders, Johnston's opinions on a range of issues are significant. As a Southern moderate, Johnston is the kind of Senator Bush needs if his programs are to have any hope of passage. And unawed as he is by Bush, Johnston fairly reflects the mood of Congress. "Bush should consider the possibility that ((we will)) keep his promises for him," says New York Democrat Pat Moynihan...
...daughter of actress Gloria Stuart, Thompson learned good cooking at home in Hollywood, where dinner guests included Groucho Marx and Robert Benchley. Traveling around Europe, cooking while in and out of love, she developed an eclectic repertoire: from Russian fish soup to French vegetable soup with white wine, from Southern "transparent pie" -- made with quince jelly -- to an opaque Dutch apple pudding. The icing on the cake is a foreword by the incomparable food writer M.F.K. Fisher, the author's godmother...
...nature of the Dukakis defeat virtually guarantees four years of Democratic doctrinal debate, since nearly all factions in the party can concoct self-serving rationales for the setback. The party's Southern moderates will point to the popularity of Lloyd Bentsen as evidence that the 1992 nominee must be tough on defense and immune to Republican attacks on social issues. Jesse Jackson and the left-leaning liberals will decry Dukakis' ideological blandness. Even the party centrists, whose position has been weakened by the twin failures of Mondale and Dukakis, can with some justice argue that a better candidate might...
Although Bradley cannot hope to match the charisma of, say, Ronald Reagan, he is quite capable of making an ideological appeal to the broad spectrum of "average Americans" that Dukakis courted. (The one exception is Southern conservatives, who will never return to the fold unless the Democrats retreat on civil rights and social issues, which they will never...