Word: switches
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Such quick and constant access proved invaluable when the midweek drama flared over the vice presidential selection. Washington-based Correspondent Walter Isaacson was one of the first journalists to learn of the Bush-for-Ford switch, from a friendly Reagan aide. Chief of Correspondents Richard Duncan swiftly redeployed his forces, including Washington Bureau Chief Robert Ajemian, Congressional Correspondent Neil MacNeil, Senior Correspondent Laurence Barrett and National Political Correspondent John Stacks. A series of TIME breakfasts and lunches with ranking Republicans had provided an informed commentary on the dynamics of the convention, and the questions did not always come from...
...Moreover, several of the Democrats are liberals bucking a conservative trend. The Republicans are anticipating a net gain of three to six seats, enough to give the Senate a more conservative outlook. That could also be true of the House, where from 20 to 40 seats are expected to switch from Democratic to Republican...
...resigned before being indicted for taking a $2 million bribe). Another candidate, Yasuhiro Nakasone, 62, has served as secretary general of the party and in various Cabinet posts, including that of Defense Minister. Some of his colleagues regard him as an untrustworthy opportunist because he has been known to switch allegiances within party factions. The third prospect, former Foreign Minister Kiichi Miyazawa, 60, is respected as an intellectual but considered by some as too much of a gentleman to be able to control the factions...
Early one morning last week in the israeli-occupied territory of the west Bank, Karim Khalaf, mayor of the resort town of Ramallah, left his rambling stone house to drive 1½ miles to his city hall office. As Khalaf, 43, turned the ignition switch of his green 1980 Cadillac, a bomb exploded beneath his feet. A gardener working in the rear courtyard ran to the car and pulled the screaming mayor from...
...major's growth since its switch to an open admissions policy and the decision of Michael L. Walzer, professor of Government and chairman of the concentration for 12 years, to leave Harvard prompted Rosovsky to undertake the review...