Word: ticket
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...basic frequent-flyer programs are similar at most major airlines. Typically, after compiling as few as 10,000 miles, passengers can upgrade the next coach ticket they buy to first class. For 35,000 miles, they can usually earn a free round-trip coach ticket to anywhere in North America. After 50,000 miles, it's off to Hawaii or even Europe...
Quote of the Week: "The team that wants to go to Maine is like a team that wants to book passage on the Titanic or a bus ticket to Little Big Horn. [Maine Coach] Shawn Walsh is like Sitting Bull waiting for Custer."--B.C. Assistant Hockey Coach Steve Cedorchuk said, referring to teams that have to play Maine...
...Andover native quoted Republican presidential candidate Pat Robertson's campaign slogan, "God is my running mate," and inquired, "Why would God take the number two spot on the ticket...
...subtleties of the old nominating process was that it used to reward candidates who could bring together coalitions and unify various wings and sects of the party. In order to get to the top of the ticket, a contender had to show broad-based appeal to a variety of bosses and tribal groups. But these days the process is so long and so many people run that it rewards those who can arouse the sectarian resentments or cater to the particular demands of fervent factions, notes Political Scientist Nelson Polsby...
Limited partner. Bob Dole likes to joke that he opposes a Dole-Dole ticket because "I don't want to be Vice President." But when asked what Elizabeth would do as First Lady, he describes a more traditional role, like championing the cause of "abused children." Such presumption rankles Mrs. Dole, who says she would explore the "universe of options." The message: she will decide...