Michael Stanley Dukakis (born November 3, 1933) is an American Democratic politician, former Governor of Massachusetts, and was the Democratic presidential nominee in 1988. He was born to Greek and Vlach immigrants in Brookline, Massachusetts and was the longest serving governor in Massachusetts' history. He was the second Greek-American governor in U.S. history after Spiro Agnew. (more)
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Brookline, Massachusetts:
Brookline is a town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States, which borders on the cities of Boston and Newton. As of the 2000 census, the population of the town was 57,107.
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Lloyd Bentsen:
Lloyd Millard Bentsen, Jr., (February 11 1921 – May 23 2006), was a four-term United States senator (1971 until 1993) from Texas and the Democratic Party nominee for Vice President in 1988 on the Michael Dukakis ticket. He also served in the House of
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Willie Horton:
William R. Horton (born August 12, 1951 in Chesterfield, South Carolina) is a convicted felon who was the subject of a Massachusetts weekend furlough program that released him while serving a life sentence for murder, without the possibility of parol
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Kitty Dukakis:
Katharine Dickson Dukakis (born December 26, 1936), known as Kitty Dukakis, is the wife of former Massachusetts governor and U.S. presidential candidate Michael Dukakis.
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George H. W. Bush:
George Herbert Walker Bush (born June 12, 1924) is a retired American politician who served as the forty-first President of the United States (1989-1993). Before his presidency, Bush held a multitude of political positions, including Vice President o
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John Kerry:
John Forbes Kerry (born December 11, 1943) is an American politician who is currently serving his fourth term as the junior United States Senator from Massachusetts. As the Presidential nominee of the Democratic Party, he was defeated in the 2004 pre
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Dick Gephardt:
Richard Andrew "Dick" Gephardt (born January 31, 1941) is a former prominent American politician of the Democratic Party. Gephardt served as a U.S. Representative from Missouri from January 3, 1977, until January 3, 2005, and Minority Leader of the U
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America (Neil Diamond song):
"America" (also known as "They're Coming To America" or "Coming To America") is the name of a patriotic song written and originally recorded by Neil Diamond, released in 1980 as part of the The Jazz Singer soundtrack album. The song was a hit single
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Bernard Shaw (journalist):
Bernard Shaw (born May 22, 1940) was a leading news anchor for CNN from 1980 to his retirement in March 2001. Shaw was born in Chicago, Illinois and attended the University of Illinois at Chicago from 1963 to 1968. He served in the U.S. Marine Corps.
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Revolving Door (television advertisement):
"Revolving Door" is a famous negative television commercial made for the 1988 United States Presidential Campaign. Along with the Willie Horton "Weekend Passes" advertisement, it is considered to be a prime factor in Michael Dukakis' defeat by George
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Susan Estrich:
Susan Estrich (born December 16 1952) is a lawyer, professor, author, political operative, feminist advocate and liberal political commentator for Fox News. Estrich, who is Jewish, grew up in Marblehead, Massachusetts on Massachusetts' North Shore. S
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1988 Democratic National Convention:
The 1988 National Convention of the U.S. Democratic Party was held at The Omni in Atlanta, Georgia from July 18-July 21, 1988 to select a candidate for the 1988 United States presidential election. At the convention Gov. Michael S. Dukakis of Massach
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Edward J. King:
Edward Joseph King (May 11 1925 – September 18 2006) was the Governor of the U.S. state of Massachusetts from 1979 to 1983. Born in Chelsea, Massachusetts, a graduate of Boston College and Bentley College, King played professional football as a guard
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Francis W. Sargent:
Francis William Sargent (July 29, 1915 - October 21, 1998) was governor of Massachusetts from 1969 to 1975. Born in 1915 in Hamilton, Massachusetts, he was known for his sharp wit and self-deprecating manner. A patrician Republican politician, "Sarge
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Andre Marrou:
Andre Verne Marrou (born December 4 1938) is an American political figure, affiliated with the Libertarian Party. Born in Nixon, Texas, he graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1962. One of twelve Libertarians to be elected to a
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Massachusetts Miracle:
The term "Massachusetts Miracle" refers to a period of economic growth in the state of Massachusetts during most of the 1980s. Previous to this, the state had been hit hard by deindustrialization and resulting unemployment. The growth was heavily cen
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George Kariotis:
George S. Kariotis (born 1923) is a businessman who was the Republican Party nominee for Governor of Massachusetts in 1986. Kariotis is the son of Greek immigrants. He graduated from Northeastern University in 1940, and then served in the United Stat
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John Sasso:
John Sasso is an American Democratic political operative, born in New Jersey. Initially a teacher, Sasso began his political career as an organizer for Congressman Gerry Studds, and gained note as an organizer for Ted Kennedy in the 1980 Iowa primari
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