Word: trailing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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After a year on the campaign trail and away from state politics, Dukakis must assert his legitimacy as governor. Observers say the return will not be an easy one, as the Governor faces a large budget deficit, a divided staff and problems from establishing universal state health insurance...
...premiered earlier this month on the Public Broadcasting network, has taken viewers inside a bogus abortion clinic run by antiabortion activists, shown how massive foreign debt has crippled Zambia's economy, and profiled an eleven- year-old chess prodigy. This week's show features a report from the campaign trail. If she were raped by her father, Suki Cheong, 11, asked Republican vice-presidential candidate Dan Quayle, should she be permitted to have an abortion? Quayle's answer...
...many doctors say it is ironic that while Dukakis advocates universal care on the campaign trail, some residents of his own state may go without it because of "spot shortages" of doctors, primarily in Western Massachusetts and on Cape...
...events a day, he is now at last running like a challenger, spending up to 14 hours a day on the stump. Bush is going in the opposite direction; one day last week he relaxed and worked in his hotel room all morning and did not hit the campaign trail until noon. If the Republicans have hit cruising speed, though, they won't admit it. "Watch how fast we go and where we go -- we're not letting up," Bush told reporters. "The worst thing I could do would be to show a complacency I don't feel...
...Ivies: Despite Saturday's loss, Princeton still leads the Ivy League with a 4-1 record. Harvard (6-3-2 overall, 3-1 Ivies) and Dartmouth (also 3-1 Ivies) both trail the Tigers by a win, with Yale (1-1-2) falling one game further back after a 0-0 draw against Penn over the weekend...