Word: targetted
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...campaign. A certain militant element of the G.O.P. right wing still seems determined to assert its strength even if it hurts the party and the party's new leader. It was an indication that for some true believers, ideology is still more important than winning an election. Their special target was the Equal Rights Amendment. Reagan aides had already watered down the party's traditional support of ERA, which runs through most conventions back to 1940.* But that was not good enough for the right-wingers. By an overwhelming 90 to 9, they pushed through a platform plank saying that...
...panel discussion at the league's annual conference, then getting under way in New York City. But instead of clashing with Schuller's views, the four panelists frequently harmonized as closely as a barbershop quartet. "Several of his observations about labor-management relations are right on target," said Donald Engle, former manager of the Philadelphia Orchestra. Added Irma Lazarus, a member of the Cincinnati Symphony board: "I was moved by Schuller's article. There's an enormous amount of truth...
...should come as no surprise to liberal Democrats that the country has waxed conservative. Citizens see an America held hostage in Iran, helpless in Afghanistan, held in disrespect by Allies and hated by enemies. They have less money to make ends meet, see big government as a convenient target for contempt, and want a tax cut as an expedient remedy. The country seems less prosperous, less in control...
...very choice of a shopping mall as the target of their heist attempt makes an air-conditioned, claustrophobic comment about the American middle-class. Never mind that if these women sold off even half their wardrobes, they could drive gas-guzzling American cars for years--the cost of living is not only expensive, it is high. And part of that high cost is the material drain of today's values. Curtin, Lange and St. James each play women who would have no trouble voting for Ronald Reagan in November if there were to be a sequel called...
After Israel, the main target of Palestinian resentment is the U.S., which evokes savage condemnations that stray close to open antiSemitism. Says one bitter intellectual in Amman: "You know why I hate the American Government? Because it is not an American government, it is a Zionist government." Frustrated Palestinians often warn of the likelihood of a serious Arab use of the "oil weapon" by mid-1981. Adnan Abu Odah, a Jordan-based director of the World Affairs Council explains, "This is the question: How to make America's awareness of its liabilities outweigh its commitment to Israel...