Word: succumbs
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...serious hide." Though a barrage of calls on Tower's behalf from Quayle in the White House failed to swing the committee vote, the President planned to re-enter the fight as soon as he returned from Asia and to meet with as many as ten Democrats who might succumb to personal wooing...
...Labor leader, who knows that for his party to have a realistic chance of governing again, it must embrace unified and politically acceptable positions, watched it succumb to yet more division. Many supporters echoed the hopes of John Edmonds, head of the General Municipal Boilermakers and Allied Trades Union, that Kinnock "has won the party by his speech." But another senior union boss warned, "If Neil retreats from the gunfire of Todd and drops any part of his reform program, he'll be out as leader. Not tomorrow, not next week or next month. But before the next election...
Will they meet? Will he try to be her mentor? Will she try to mother him? Need you ask? Will these two succumb to romantic entanglement? Well, no. Despite nicely managed temptation, they avoid it, and credit goes to David Seltzer for that intelligent choice. And for a movie that is full of terrific comic material and well-cast second bananas (John Goodman as Lilah's befuddled husband, Max Alexander and Mac Robbins as ne'er-do-well comedians...
...Greg Louganis bids to duplicate his '84 springboard victory. The scrappy U.S. women volleyballers will probably succumb to defending Olympic champ China...
Trade experts doubt that the election will make much difference in how the law is administered. Both George Bush and Michael Dukakis praise free trade, but both would undoubtedly succumb to political pressure to protect many U.S. industries, as President Reagan has. Dukakis might be more insistent that U.S. business do things in return, like investing in equipment and training programs to enhance competitiveness. Either candidate will do well to remember that the object of the law is not to keep foreign products out but to make sure that American goods can compete...