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Dukakis had a commanding lead in the polls over then-Vice President Bush, who at the time had not shaken the so-called wimp-factor...

Author: By Joseph R. Palmore, | Title: Does Anyone in Massachusetts Feel Sorry for the Duke? | 8/4/1989 | See Source »

Michael Dukakis failed to pin a label on Bush last year in his run for the White House, but Bush has managed to pin one on himself now. He is truly the "Wimp President...

Author: By Michael Stankiewicz, | Title: Tales of a Wimp President | 8/4/1989 | See Source »

...WORLD: A wimp no more, Mexican President Carlos Salinas de Gortari tackles corruption, drugs and debt...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Magazine Contents Page Vol. 133 No. 17 APRIL 24, 1989 | 4/24/1989 | See Source »

Having stuck with Tower through the committee vote, Bush should not drop Tower now and risk looking like a wimp who is easily swayed by the prevailing political winds. He's already lost enough prestige among the top players in Washington and in public opinion...

Author: By Neil A. Cooper, | Title: Time to Topple Tower | 2/27/1989 | See Source »

...poise and a barbed-wire halo of gray hair) responds to every real or imagined threat to his property values as if he were commanding a platoon in Nam -- with trusty telescope, walkie-talkie and a K ration of animal crackers. Another friend (Rick Ducommun) is your basic bully-wimp who goads Ray into all manner of illicit snooping. And Ray is the mild soul caught in the middle; with no special convictions, he mutates from a slightly curious homeowner to a horribly singed home wrecker. Hanks throws himself into this antiaudience movie with such suave energy that he seems...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Bad Neighbors | 2/27/1989 | See Source »

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