Word: successful
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...They're obviously not unbeatable because ofwhat happened in Maryland and because Ted couldn'twin the presidential nomination," said MITprofessor and Rainbow Coalition activist Mel King,who finished third in the 1986 race against JoeKennedy. "The name recognition helps, but it's nota guarantee of success...
...other "moralistic" foreign policy alternative is to carry on as we are: aggressively and (if necessary) unilaterally supporting American interests and values around the world, arming a movement here, putting pressure on a dictatorship there, as J.F.K. put it, "to assure the survival and the success of liberty." Without an Evil Empire to contend with, the job becomes easier -- there is less need to support dictators in the name of anti- Communism -- but harder to justify. Why make the effort? Seventy years ago, Americans were not wildly enthusiastic about Woodrow Wilson's crusade for democracy. Whether a post-Soviet America...
...said its survey of North Carolina--once Dukakis' strongest hope for a Southern success--gave the vice president an 11-point edge. Dukakis held a four-point margin in a New York survey...
Bush enjoyed his greatest success among voters who had spent the least time at Harvard. Among freshmen, he lost to Dukakis 65 percent to 31 percent. The sophomore, junior and senior classes' support for Dukakis ranged from 70 to 73 percent while backing for Bush ranged from 23 to 25 percent...
...young professor would have won tenure regardless of the University's newly articulated desire to tenure from within. That a young scholar as uniquely well-established in his field as Sandel won tenure here is simultaneously cause for rejoicing and an indication that barriers to the success of Dean Spence's plan remain...