Word: wakes
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Influence peddling was to have been curbed by the series of campaign laws that Congress passed in 1974 in the wake of the Watergate scandal. Designed to keep fat cats at bay, the legislation permits individual donors to give a maximum of $1,000 to any one candidate and gifts to multiple candidates in federal races that can total no more than $25,000 a year. Companies are not allowed to contribute directly to campaigns, but they, along with labor unions and other organizations, can set up political-action committees that solicit donations from employees or members and give...
...this week, in the wake of a federal judge's decision to uphold last spring's union victory, the same employees support for HUCTW surged...
James Joyce had a lovely phrase in Finnegans Wake: "The hereweareagain gaieties." A Kennedy campaign always had the hereweareagain gaieties, that Irish quality of politics as frolic, overlaid with a unique elegance and a ruthlessness that advanced upon you with the brightest of teeth. No wonder that in the presidential campaign of 1988, Americans feel a nostalgia for the festive in their politics. American politics used to be fun. Once upon a time, lively, funny people practiced the art. In a priceless line about the 1988 race, Robert Strauss, former Democratic Party chairman and an accomplished humorist, said Dukakis reminded...
...boat was a snub-nosed skiff whose bow lowered to become a landing bridge. When we got in we had to sign a release for any damage we did ourselves on the "hazardous facilities" on the island. Casting off, we thumped out across the bay, our wake rocking lobster buoys which spread out around us as far as we could see. On the horizon rose up the two towers of the Eyes of Cape Ann; below them, in the early light, the island looked like a smear of mist...
...many departments into three sections: general news and commentary, marketing and consumer news, and hard- core financial reporting and statistics. Graphics are bolder, stock listings are more readable, and new statistical features have been added. Journal executives concede that the changes are being made "for competitive reasons." In the wake of last year's stock-market crash, advertising is down nearly 12%, and circulation has slipped 5%. Meanwhile, competitors like the New York Times, USA Today and Investor's Daily are chipping away at the Journal's market...