Word: wonderments
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Skeptics will wonder whether a liberal Northeasterner can make inroads with the evangelical community. They should remember that Reagan, a divorced actor who seldom attends church, took in more evangelical support than a Southern Baptist sunday school teacher. (The Southern Baptist Convention, with nearly 15 million members, is the largest evangelical group.) The main reason: Carter ignored evangelicals while Reagan actively pursued their support...
...real heroes of the fight against drugs are the teenagers who resist the ghetto's fast track -- who live at home, persevere in school and juggle their studies with a low-paying job. The wonder is that there are so many of them. "Most of our youngsters are not involved in crack," says Frances Pitts, chief judge of the juvenile courts in Wayne County, Mich. "Most aren't running around with guns. Most aren't killing people. Most are doing very well -- against great odds." These are the youngsters who fit Jesse Jackson's words: "You were born...
...admiring crowds. Bush has apologized to his supporters for not being adroit at articulating his emotions, and Dukakis has campaigned on the premise that the voters are tired of charisma. But Bobby was able to spark excitement by articulating dreams. Given today's dearth of passion, it is no wonder that the young people who embraced politics in the '60s -- and whose faith in government was undermined by Viet Nam, assassinations and Watergate -- should remember Kennedy as a hero...
...administrators are not entirely sure that all the courting and hustle are worth the considerable time and expense (Bowdoin's weekend wooing of 34 minority students cost $19,800). Still, none are willing to cut back unless their competitors do. And even when the sales pitch is persuasive, educators wonder if the customer has been well served. "I get concerned that all the marketing is taking the place of good counseling and exploiting people who haven't reached a real maturity level," says Frank Burtnett, executive director of the National Association of College Admission Counselors in Alexandria, Va. A college...
...high point of Claudia's career is her time as a war correspondent covering the desert campaign against Rommel. She goes at her assignment with gusto, typing in the jeep, pausing to shake the sand out of her typewriter. No wonder a weary colleague asks her to quit showing off. But soon she meets the love of her life, a tank commander named Tom Southern. The savvy reader of war fiction knows at once that earnest Tom will be dead within 50 pages, but Claudia is launched on a splendidly grand passion. And when finally the disastrous word comes from...