Word: specializations
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...both startling and politically shrewd that Dukakis, in over a year of campaigning, is on record as making just two unalterable if-elected commitments. Neither of them loomed large on the agenda of any special- interest group, nor did they spark a passionate reaction from the voters. But they are emblematic of the mind-set that Dukakis would bring to the presidency. During a debate before the New Hampshire primary, Dukakis the righteous reformer vowed that the first bill he would send to Congress would be one limiting the influence of political-action committees. Even more characteristic is the carrot...
...some aides openly worry about the appearance of a Harvard mafia. The Governor's closest confidant is his Harvard Law School roommate Paul Brountas. As campaign chairman, Brountas, 56, is a lot like the candidate, always erring on the side of caution. But when staffers want to make a special appeal to Dukakis, they usually do it through his old friend. Should Dukakis win in the fall, Brountas, a senior partner at Hale and Dorr, would be a likely candidate for Attorney General...
...provisions are complex enough to fill 1,000 pages. Among other things, the 1988 omnibus trade bill would give the President special authority to conduct international negotiations and strengthen his ability to retaliate against "pervasive" barriers raised by foreign countries against U.S. imports. But the debate on the bill is being dominated by a rather extraneous and distinctly secondary issue: Should manufacturers be forced to give employees 60 days' notice before closing a plant...
...announced it in the spring of 1985. Earlier this year, overt opposition intensified as the economic reforms began to be implemented and his principle of khozraschet, or cost accounting, started affecting an estimated 60% of Soviet industry. Many government bureaucrats have seen a threat to their extra privileges -- special housing, schools and food stores. Automatic bonuses for workers were threatened, which prompted protest strikes. Nationalist outbursts in the Baltic states, protest demonstrations by Crimean Tatars in Moscow and riots in Azerbaijan appeared to encourage those who blamed glasnost for the sudden wave of unrest...
...Angeles filmmaker, advocates "uncle empowerment," which enables him to take his nephews to concerts and plays. Toni Moore, 47, a schoolteacher from Charlotte who has been married eight years and has chosen not to have children, helps pay tuition for her niece and nephew and takes them along on special vacations. New York City-based Joni Evans, 45, publisher of Random House trade books, openly mothers her authors and colleagues and feels no societal pressure to have children ("People ask, Are you a child person or not? You're not? O.K."). As for fears of growing old without children, Psychologist...