Word: stiffs
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...wanted a cogent briefing paper on a single topic likely to be raised in the second contest. That was all. He would prepare himself from that. Before the first debate, Bush had been prepped by as many as ten different coaches, each - offering advice. Watching Quayle's stiff and programmed debate performance also convinced Bush that less would be more. Debater, prepare thyself, was Bush's new motto...
...championship, the junior had to go through some stiff competition. In her first round match, Dragomirescu defeated Farliegh Dickerson's Rachel Gale, 6-1, 6-2. She went on to captue straight-set decisions over Richmond's Rebecca Cucuru, 6-3, 6-3, and Brown's Ann Fritzpatrick...
Dukakis' political problems stem directly from his stiff-necked refusal to heed the advice of others. Campaign strategist John Sasso was the indispensable man because he possesses the unique ability to prompt Dukakis to listen. Dukakis also failed abysmally in translating his much vaunted administrative skills to the discipline of creating a national campaign; he insisted on micromanaging nearly everything from interviewing political aides to approving scripts of TV spots. The result: insularity and indecision. In addition, Dukakis has failed to inspire loyalty, a quality that Bush prizes, perhaps in the extreme. But at this dour moment in the campaign...
Very confusing. UB40 has a typically excellent new album out, titled simply UB40, but Red Red Wine is on another, older album, Labour of Love, which is giving the newer record stiff sales competition. There was some thought among the eight band members that their record company, A&M, should have backed their recent work more strongly. "It all seems a bit strange to us," says lead guitarist Robin Campbell. "But we can't be choosy. Any hit record is a hit record. For us, it's kind of a vindication...
...warned that the high-altitude winds in the shuttle's flight path, normally unruly in the Cape Canaveral region during late September, had uncharacteristically died down. The problem: Discovery's computers had been programmed to maneuver the craft through strong, buffeting winds. "Imagine yourself leaning way forward into a stiff wind," explained Thomas Utsman, director of shuttle management and operations. "But suddenly and unexpectedly, the wind stops, and you fall flat on your face...