Word: vim
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...three states, younger blacks were Jackson's most enthusiastic supporters. In Alabama, he was backed by 67% of black voters aged 18 to 49, compared with 45% of the over-50 crowd. In Florida, 68% of the vim-and-vigor vote went to Jackson while only 52% of older blacks did. "I didn't want to miss the opportunity of voting for a black man for President," said black Mechanic James Powell, 30. Older blacks took a more hard-nosed view. "I just don't feel Jackson can win," said Mondale Supporter Tom Thomas, 57, a retired...
...mysteries: when Peachum recalls having made unkind comments about Columbine's "doorbells," he feels a pang of remorse that is followed immediately by a twinge of desire. Peachum's entanglements are due to varying intentions of various d'Amboises. There is, for instance, his lust for Vim d'Amboise's wife Kathy, a Pocock police officer. "But soft," as De Vries might say when the going gets muddy. His explanation is more involved than his predicament: "There was Mrs. d. wanting me to wait for Columbine, with Luke standing by ready to feed me some...