Word: tilts
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Southern white leaders are already sounding alarms about any leftward tilt. Some pols running this year are maneuvering to put distance between themselves and the national ticket in order to avoid a liberal taint. Jon Mills, speaker of the Florida state assembly, warns that Dukakis "has to show us that he isn't just another northeastern liberal. He's going to have to give us some material to work with." Texas Democratic Chairman Bob Slagle, a Gore supporter, fears that Jackson will nail even more left-wing planks into the platform than were there in 1984. "If Dukakis gets pictured...
...fairness, some of the transformation reflects an evolutionary tilt from right to left during eleven years in Congress. In the past three months, however, Gephardt has performed a dazzling political pirouette. It began last November, when he met with his aides to figure out why, after more than 100 days of campaigning in Iowa, he was losing support in the polls. Gephardt was frustrated and demoralized; he just wasn't connecting with voters. His technical speeches on trade were either boring or offputting. So Gephardt suggested using examples of American products that cost much more in Asia. This, he thought...
...years ago, intent on seeing those marvelous birdmen sail off their 90-meter sliding boards, two sportswriters hopped an unattended ski lift. Halfway up the foggy mountain, the one from Atlanta asked the handsomer one from New York, "Is this more dangerous than you thought?" The chair seemed to tilt away, leaving them hugging the frame and dangling in the sky. It wasn't until a rider passed by going the other way that they glanced straight up and pulled down the crossbar that holds...
...down by the citizenry. Republican Governor William Clements is also pushing an appointive system, though only for the nine-member high court. "Texans have lost faith in their judicial system," he says. Clements charges that the court's popularly elected justices -- all Democrats -- have developed a "pro-plaintiff tilt" that encourages "virtually limitless judgments" and scares businesses away. Jamail, the state's king of torts, half concedes the point. "What kind of an ass would I be," he says, "if I didn't try to give back something that promotes the plaintiff's philosophy...
Quirk said that Dartmouth is only one or two points away from the average manwoman ratio in the Ivy League, which is apoproximately 60-40. "I think what we're fighting is a certain societal tilt toward the traditional roles," Quirk said...