Word: wings
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...fairy-tale existence in some ways -- the closest a democracy comes to having a queen -- the position is not without its frustrations for a woman who could be king. There have been accomplished women in the East Wing, but there has never been one who would qualify to be White House counsel, if only her husband were not President...
...pollster Peter Hart, "but if they see her reinforcing one of their earlier negative feelings, they won't like her." Last week when leaders in the field of family law sent her a thick proposal to bring all the varied government programs on families and children under her East Wing purview, Hillary responded only by saying that she wanted to continue to be "a voice for children" -- which fits within the choose-a-cause deportment of First Ladies past...
...Republicans, the battle for 1996 began officially last Tuesday, but it had started unofficially more than two years ago, when George Bush reneged on his no-new-taxes pledge. He sparked a full-scale revolt by the party's right $ wing, which neither much liked nor trusted him in the first place. Led by Patrick Buchanan, angry conservatives mounted a challenge to Bush in the early primaries. The President, in turn, wooed the right so relentlessly at the Republican Convention in August that he alienated the moderates. Bush never recovered from the error...
Pragmatic Republicans. What's left of the moderate wing of the Republican Party inhabits the state capitals. Socially moderate but economically conservative, this group is generally tough on crime, tolerant of abortion rights and concerned about deficits. It is typified by such G.O.P. Governors as Pete Wilson of California and William Weld of Massachusetts who have had to wrestle with sluggish economies as well as the mood swings of an electorate whose jobs are shifting rapidly from the high-wage manufacturing sector to lower-wage service and information industries. This group is less reluctant than other G.O.P. factions...
People feel compelled to protest against Operation Rescue because it is one of the scariest right-wing organizations in the world today. Counter-protesting at their demonstrations, however, invites confrontation. That's what the Operation Rescue people want--confrontation invites media attention. News coverage opens a free forum for pro-lifers to try to scare women from having abortions and to preach to anyone watching the news that abortion is immoral...