Word: twinned
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...point to the popularity of Lloyd Bentsen as evidence that the 1992 nominee must be tough on defense and immune to Republican attacks on social issues. Jesse Jackson and the left-leaning liberals will decry Dukakis' ideological blandness. Even the party centrists, whose position has been weakened by the twin failures of Mondale and Dukakis, can with some justice argue that a better candidate might win with the same strategy next time. Democratic pollster Peter Hart reflects this view when he says, "The steps that the party leadership took to position us for 1988 and the results of the congressional...
...Reagan, it is a disappointing conclusion to one of his most persistent campaigns, and certainly his most passionate. Throughout his presidency, Central America has been a laboratory for the twin goals of the Reagan Doctrine: to promote democracy where such tendencies show promise and to sponsor surrogate armies where Soviet-backed regimes appear shaky. But after eight years, Reagan has presided over neither the democratization of Central America nor the disintegration of the Communists. His policy has spawned no winners, only losers...
...also been at Harvard for 34 years," said Stephen Williams, Peabody Professor of American Archeology. "I've been deeply involved in the undergraduate program, so I don't care desperately for one or the other," he confessed "I also understand the family rivalry because I had a twin brother at Princeton...
Squier said that while the character of both candidates was fairly unknown, Bush defined himself as gentle and kind. But in a reference to cartoonist Garry Trudeau's attacks, Squier said Bush showed "his evil twin Skippy" when he got the chance to portray Dukakis as weak and unpatriotic...
...They're obviously not unbeatable because ofwhat happened in Maryland and because Ted couldn'twin the presidential nomination," said MITprofessor and Rainbow Coalition activist Mel King,who finished third in the 1986 race against JoeKennedy. "The name recognition helps, but it's nota guarantee of success...