Word: avoiding
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Dukakis' aides strongly deny being the source of the Kinnock tape, which is hardly surprising. Though the Biden revelations were true and raised legitimate questions about him, all the Democratic contenders are anxious to avoid any appearance that they are trying to knife one another. Paul Tully, Dukakis' political director, says his organization checked "up and down the line" and concluded "it was not this campaign and not our people in Iowa." Could it, however, have been a campaign ally -- a financial backer, say, or a media consultant -- acting without the knowledge of Dukakis' headquarters? Says Tully: "That would astound...
...Jarrett approached the site, moving cautiously to avoid any mines, the crews spotted ten Iranians drifting in rubber rafts. Sixteen others, including four wounded sailors, were in the water, clinging to flotsam or still swimming. All were picked up. The survivors claimed that two of their crewmen were missing and that one had sped off in a motorized "Zodiac" speedboat. The Iran Ajr's captain, who spoke English, was among the wounded...
...stubborn in his efforts to drum up support for his plan, campaigning in Boston and New York as well as Washington during an eight-day visit. The most important stop and clearly the most difficult was the Oval Office. In a 20-minute chat, Arias and Reagan struggled to avoid stumbling over their obvious disagreements. The two Presidents were able to join in endorsing a proposal for $3.5 million in nonlethal U.S. aid for the contras. The appropriation, approved the following day by the House, is intended to tide them over until the Nov. 7 start of a regional cease...
Seeking to avoid friction, Arias left all mention of the contras out of his congressional address. But at a press conference following the speech, he objected to the Reagan Administration's attempts to win $270 million in fresh funds for the rebels. "Military support to the contras," he charged, "has been the main excuse for the Sandinistas to do all they have done in the past: to abolish individual freedoms, to abolish pluralism, to make Nicaragua a more dictatorial society...
...surprises, nervous discussion may produce some vitally needed preventive measures. The first priority on nearly everyone's list is to halt the U.S. Government's free- spending ways. This will no doubt bring a more modest standard of living in the short run. But it may help America avoid waking up to find frightening headlines in the morning paper a year or two from...