Word: wings
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Even after working two years in the West Wing, there isn't a single one of my White House friends from those days who could tell you today whether they think I'm a Republican or a Democrat. That was part of the code I lived with. Now I'm no longer protected by my uniform. As I go around the country, I'm trying to develop a political philosophy, just to be a good citizen, not necessarily to run for office...
...contest is quickly shaping up as a race between a wounded Democratic incumbent and a Republican who is a two-time presidential loser of advancing years and whose record is scrambling to get in synch with the right-wing fervor of his party. Unhappiness with these options could yield a search for a new candidate...
...hopes -- more appealing face to disenchanted voters. "It's really yet another attempt of his to draw a line in the sand, and a way for the Conservatives to prepare for the 1997 election," says TIME'sBarry Hillenbrand. Surprisingly, he reports, Major gave little to the right-wing antagonists and foes of European economic integration who prompted him to call for Tuesday's risky vote in the first place. Only one far-right rival, Michael Portillo, won a top spot (Defense secretary). Michael Heseltine, who might have challenged Major from the left, was named deputy prime minister and chief adviser...
...affirmative action candidate" for the GOP nomination. Fletcher, 70, was appointed to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights by three GOP Presidents in a row: Ford, Reagan and Bush. In a statement, a spokesman for Fletcher said that he hopes to "force the extreme social conservative, right wing of his party to cease and desist with their race-baiting and gender-bashing campaign rhetoric...
...week's end the high-stakes gamble appeared to be paying off. His most serious potential rivals--Trade and Industry Secretary Michael Heseltine from the party mainstream and Employment Secretary Michael Portillo from its right wing--both issued statements of support for the Prime Minister...