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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...high school Spanish teacher and a Reagan loyalist, says she generally votes Republican, but isn't sure she can stomach Bush. "I just don't feel Bush is strong, he's just not a leader," she explains. "I'm afraid Dukakis is going to beat him." And Massachusetts Gov. Michael S. Dukakis may just get her vote...

Author: By Frank E. Lockwood, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Now That the Gipper's Going... | 7/19/1988 | See Source »

...month's convention, where he will be a prime-time speaker. Top Republicans have approached him about running for the Senate. He adds, "After watching some of the people in the stakes for the presidency, I could do better than that." As a vice- presidential candidate? "I'm not sure I'd make a very good No. 2 man," he retorts. "I like to run things...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Preacher, Teacher, Gadfly William Bennett Is Leaving | 7/18/1988 | See Source »

...voice crackled incoherently over the public address system. The words sounded like "Feng-tu Ta-ti." How strange, I mused, that the conductor would invoke the legendary rebel turned emperor of the Ch'in dynasty through whom the Kings of Hell reported their doings to heaven. Just to be sure, I asked a fellow straphanger what our Charon of the Underworld had said. "Forty-second next," he answered...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: The Gods Are Crazy | 7/18/1988 | See Source »

Just how unkind the McKay report is will not be known for sure until it is publicly released, along with a rebuttal prepared by Meese's lawyers. Although McKay did not elect to indict, his report is expected to cite a number of examples of questionable ethical conduct by the Attorney General. Among them: his relationship to San Francisco Lawyer E. Robert Wallach, who has been indicted on influence-peddling charges; assistance Meese gave to the New York City-based Wedtech Corp., which helped the company win a $32 million Government contract; a financial partnership that Meese had with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Veni, Vidi, Vindicated? | 7/18/1988 | See Source »

...machines. But this year the Democrats, eager to portray themselves as the party that champions economic growth through high technology, seem to find pride and political symbolism in the fact that their convention will significantly out tech the Republicans'. "We just really knocked ourselves out to make sure we ended up with a state-of-the-art information system," says Arleigh Greenblatt, general manager of the convention and the man credited with the Democrats' technological blitz. "We wanted very much to be respected for our business prowess...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Technology: Wowing 'Em With Wizardry | 7/18/1988 | See Source »

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