Word: voting
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...People tend to label you aninsider, which is probably true--only that theinsider has brought those issues, which used to beon the outside, on the inside. I didn't have tojump and scream at Harvard when they came to theCity Council, because I had one ninth of thatpower, to vote them up or vote them down...
...attempts at definition as simply mudslinging. "I think issues like the Pledge [of Allegiance] and the release of one furloughed prisoner are the cutting issues of our time," says Michael Goldman, a senior media consultant to Dukakis, with no small amount of sarcasm. "If [Americans] make their decision to vote for Bush on those issues, that's all that matters...
...Question 4 fails, we will continue to have a factory of toxic waste festering in our backyard. A "Yes" vote on this binding referendum would close Massachusetts' notorious Pilgrim and Yankee Rowe plants, two of the most dangerous nuclear power plants in the country. Pilgrim is simply referred to by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission as the worst-run nuclear plant in the country; Rowe is the oldest in the country and called by the Union of Concerned Scientist one of the five most likely plants to have a serious nuclear accident...
Voters should be concerned about the dangers of nuclear power, and a "Yes" vote on Question 4 serves everyone's best interests by getting rid of the two most inefficient and worst-run energy plants in the country...
...question of which party would better keep the country "strong and prosperous," a slight Republican advantage of 6 points among registered voters in October 1987 has doubled. A smaller but more critical group in the survey -- those likely to vote next Tuesday -- split almost evenly on the visceral question of "which party most often acts in your interest": 44% choose the Democrats vs. 41% for the G.O.P. Yet when the question shifts from the parties to the candidates, Bush gets a slight plurality (42% vs. 40%) as the one who would better "look out for people like yourself." Further...