Word: youthe
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...which candidate represented the past and which the future always rattled around on the margins of the race. The Republicans fired away effectively at Mondale as the candidate of a now sclerotic New Deal mentality. So the younger man had the old ideas (supposedly). Reagan became the candidate of youth. A Yankelovich poll for TIME showed that 63% of Americans age 18 to 24 favored the President...
...audiences that "during these past four years, not one inch of territory has been lost to Communist aggression." He ticked off his accomplishments in cutting taxes and lowering inflation and interest rates. He claimed credit for creating 6 million new jobs. And he invariably concluded with an ode to youth and a paean to the American spirit: "We were born to a special place between these two great oceans with a unique mission to carry freedom's torch to a tired and disillusioned world. We have always been a light of hope, where all things are believed...
...feared the turnout would be small, the platform for TV crews was moved closer to the main stage so that the evening news would depict a jammed crowd. When polls revealed surprising strength among the young, schedulers quickly planned more campus events. "It fits the theme," explained Deaver. "Optimism, youth, opportunity. All positive...
...employ up to 37,000 teen-agers on federal property. Supporters said it would help reduce the nation's 18.8% teen-age unemployment rate. To President Reagan, however, the measure represented a "discredited approach to unemployment." In vetoing the bill last week, he stated, "America's unemployed youth would be better served by reducing federal spending so that more resources are available to the private sector...
...power behind the scenes. Ultimately, he could no longer withstand the pressure and, in June 1981, stood for a by-election in Uttar Pradesh and won his brother's seat in Parliament as well as Sanjay's place on the executive committee of the party's youth wing...