Word: veterans
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Even though] we lost by 30 I don't feel they outplayed us that much," Delaney-Smith said. "They are a better team than we are right now. They are very veteran and very good...
Against Navy, it felt as though it was Prasse-Freeman and not Clemente who acted like the veteran who wanted the ball with the game on the line...
...yearnings for the White House, on Bush's shoulders. After skipping earlier debates and visiting the state less often than his opponents, Bush must convince New Hampshirites that he doesn't take their votes for granted. "Bush has got to hit a home run," says Dick Bennett, a veteran New Hampshire pollster, "because viewers will be looking at him with a critical eye. They'll be looking for something they don't like...
...French had handsomely supported the Americans in their struggle against the English. Dunn writes, "The American model was France's for the taking--after all, she had paid for it, and her officers and soldiers had fought and died for it." Said a French veteran of the American Revolutionary War: "They have given a great example to the new hemisphere. Let us give it to the universe!" But as their own revolutionary fervor increased during the 1780s, the French began to believe that the Americans had not gone far enough in shucking off the bad old ways...
Some special-interest groups are more equal than others, though, and McCain is hoping to close the gap with Bush by relying partly on veterans, a powerful and active voting bloc. "Go with me on one last mission," the former Navy pilot often tells veterans. The pitch is a combination not only of his winning story and expertise on foreign and military affairs but also of a commitment to shore up health-care and other benefits for this group. Even among veterans, who should know about McCain's POW struggle, though, the candidate has had to work just to introduce...