Word: supportively
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Kennedy's] almost taking this election for granted," Malone said. "Even Tip O'Neill says you can't take voters for granted--you have to ask them for your support...
Malone says Kennedy raised a lot of money, hoping to frighten away any competition, because he is uncomfortable "working crowds, standing at factory gates and asking people for their support. He has over the last 25 years become more and more of a Washingtonian. He deals with bureaucrats every day, he deals with other politicians, he deals with lobbyists, but he's not dealing with real live men and women...
...Bush's support for inclusion does not please all Republicans. Some worry that he will compromise party principles in an attempt to sway moderate voters. But these conservatives concede, in 1988, if Bush were to sway the party back towards its Rockefeller image, they have nowhere else to turn...
Some Texas Republicans hope former Heisman Trophy winner Roger Staubach, who led the Dallas Cowboys to two Superbowl victories, will lead the them in victory against Bentsen in November. They held a "Draft Staubach" meeting yesterday in New Orleans, to show their support for the former NFL quarterback...
...Boston news conference, Dukakis tried to quash the rumors once and for all. "I've never gotten any professional counseling," the Governor said. "I normally look to my family for support when I need it." Dukakis also seized the opportunity to rise magnanimously above Reagan. "We all occasionally misspeak," he said. "I don't really think the President had to apologize." Gerald Plotkin, Dukakis' doctor since 1971, released a detailed three-page report pronouncing Dukakis "in excellent health and physical shape." Wrote Plotkin: "He has had no psychological symptoms, complaints or treatment." Before the week ended, Dukakis set aside...