Word: weren
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Bush despairs. "If it weren't for this deficit looming over everything else," he said, "I'd feel like a spring colt." The emphasis carried into the Inaugural. "A thousand points of light," Bush's call for increased volunteerism, can be interpreted as a deficit-constrained alternative to federally funded programs. Soothing symbols may be all that the less fortunate get from the Bush Administration because, as the President said, "we have a deficit to bring down . . . We have more will than wallet...
...What was remarkable is how little criticism ((of the Fed)) he had even in the midst of the election campaign. At one point he made some comments, which weren't all that devastating, about why the Federal Reserve didn't have to be as monetarist as they in fact were. And Reagan at the same time was criticizing us for being too easy. You know, some Democrats think we lost the election for Jimmy Carter. I've asked him about that. He never thought we were a net bonus to him. But I don't think he blames...
...dancer -- she complains that whatever the tempo, he does the fox-trot -- George asked her to sit out a waltz. They sat down and fell in love. The two became engaged that summer in Kennebunkport. It was a secret engagement, Bush says, meaning "the German and Japanese high commands weren't aware of it." But after Bush was shot down over the Pacific in September 1944, Barbara dropped out of Smith in her sophomore year to marry him at the First Presbyterian Church in Rye. "I married the first man I ever kissed," she says. "When I tell this...
Cashiers and ushers were waiting outside at the theater last night, because they said they weren't sure if they would have to return to work. They said they did not know anything about the incident. They added that they evacuated the theater as fast as they could...
...first half, we weren't patient," Delaney Smith said. "We never felt like we had control...