Word: wimp
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Theory three: Be a Man. Few can deny that Quayle is one of the least respected people in public office, golf scores notwithstanding. Quayle's military record coupled and his near disappearance until after the election make him an unwilling victim of the perennial wimp-factor...
That did not sound much like the President who was roundly denounced as a wimp as recently as October, when the U.S. stood aside as a Panamanian coup against Noriega failed and the dictator executed its leaders. But the October episode aside, Bush has been displaying a new vigor and assurance in foreign policy for months now. The Panama invasion only pointed it up. "I think there are an awful lot of people out there who may have had some erroneous impressions of the President who had them dramatically changed in the last several weeks or so," says House Republican...