Word: strength
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...tightly knit Bush family, on the other hand, is clearly a source of joy and strength to the Vice President. When the three generations gather at their summer home in Maine, they spill off the veranda like an all-American tableau. Barbara Bush, mother of five, grandmother of ten, helpmate of 43 years, has the expectant look of a First Lady in training, holding the Nancy Reagan gaze before there was a Nancy Reagan gaze...
Robertson, the former televangelist, might be doing Dole a service by eating into Bush's Southern strength. But though the South is Robertson's strongest geographical base, he draws only 15% of likely Republican voters there in TIME's poll. He also attracts wall-to-wall hostility. When registered voters from both parties are asked which candidates "would you definitely not vote for," Robertson tops the list with 72%. Only 17% say they would consider casting a ballot...
Robertson promises to bring "moral strength" to the White House. He vows he'll never pander to special interests, and he boasts that he doesn't owe anybody any favors. "Nobody has any hooks in me," Robertson says. This is a grassroots campaign. He has raised more money than any of the Democrats and nearly as much as George Bush. But the money hasn't come from Washington insiders, Wall Street bankers or Political Action Comittees. Simple people are sending small donations--they're the reason Robertson has an enviable campaign war chest. Mom thinks Robertson won't have...
...principal challenger. Gone was the Illinois Senator's reticence about direct attacks; already in debt, he borrowed $110,000 to pay for ads deriding ! Gephardt's weather-vane voting record. But Simon's scorched-earth tactics could in the end mostly benefit Dukakis and Gore, whose money and organizational strength will keep them well equipped for the march through the South...
Exercise, at least half an hour three times a week, is an important aid to controlling weight, keeping bones strong, building muscle strength, conditioning the heart and lungs and relieving stress. Declares Physiologist William Evans of the U.S. Department of Agriculture-Tufts University center on aging: "There is no group in our population that can benefit more from exercise than senior citizens. For a young person, exercise can increase physical function by perhaps 10%. But in an old person you can increase it by 50%." The advice is catching on: a Gallup poll taken at the end of last year...