Word: tunes
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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When asked what tactics he'd use against Bentsen, Quayle said, "My debate strategy? Tune in tomorrow night...
...truth, the two campaign staffs, like rival armies, increasingly tend to resemble each other. Every weekday morning, Sasso in Boston and Baker in Washington preside over strategy meetings designed to fine-tune that day's thematics. The longer-range questions at both meetings are similar: Where will the candidate go next? What will he say? What is the target group of voters? What do the polls say? Which states warrant a heavier advertising budget...
What Byrd alludes to is the six years -- not 40 -- from 1981 through 1986 < when Republicans controlled the Senate. Unable to dominate powerful Capitol Hill committees and staffs for the first time in 26 years, Democrats chafed as Reagan made Congress dance to his less-government tune by advancing deregulation and cutting back on funds for housing, education and college loans. But when Reagan's 1986 plea for continued Republican rule of the Senate failed to persuade enough voters, the Democrats won a 55-45 majority. With a party "more unified than at any time in my 36 years...
...with the official ribbon cutting, ProfessorSidney Verba, who is director of the HarvardLibrary System, led a sing-along of the "HollisCarol," a tribute to the computer system he wroteto the tune of "Deck the Halls...
Viewers get the feeling that the Olympics are always on so they can tune in any time for a bit of the action. Like a sports MTV. And NBC emphasizes MTV-like viewing habits, by jumping in and out of different events in very short, song-length reports. If weightlifting is on, and you hate weightlifting, just sneeze or go to the bathroom, and you'll return to find the first heat of some swimming event...