Word: trailing
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Affirmative action is already a hot topic on the presidential campaign trail, and it is sure to get even hotter. The trend in the G.O.P. field is running decidedly against the programs. Senator Phil Gramm and commentator Pat Buchanan call for their abolition. Lamar Alexander opposes preferences based "solely" on race. And Senate majority leader Bob Dole has commissioned congressional hearings with an eye toward major restructuring. Only Republican Senator Arlen Specter largely defends the status quo. On the Democratic side, President Clinton has ignited what amounts to a holy war within his party. Last week moderates like Senator...
Roberts, a fourth-generation descendant ofOregon Trail pioneers, said leaving her home statewas a difficult decision...
...truth, points out what our problems are . . . and is prepared to offer recommendations about how we solve them," Lugar said. He chastised the president for his "bogus" portrayal of Republicans as isolationists. Lugar also said he is confident that he will be able to compete on the campaign trail with much less money than better-financed rivals. TIME chief political correspondent Michael Kramer agrees: "The money thing is way overblown...
...like Raster's looks. It's likely he was wandering the streets of Toontown and waving a sign saying WILL ANNOY GROWNUPS FOR FOOD until he was hired by the cable company. He begins flying around the screen, leaving a trail of glowing fairy dust that fades much too slowly for my taste...
...reported that Lugar also has scheduled a news conference for Friday morning, although he plans to hold off on a formal announcement until April. Lugar, 62, is chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and most likely will stress his international affairs experience on the 1996 campaign trail...