Dukakis
Americannoun
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But Dukakis didn't play ball, opting instead to purchase a replacement from the academy for $78.
From BBC ● May 1, 2026
He lost the Democratic Party nomination in 1988 to Michael Dukakis, but his stirring speech at the party convention that year had more than a few Democrats wondering if they had nominated the right man.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 17, 2026
They did, and Dukakis went on to win the state by more than 10 percentage points, much as Selzer’s poll forecast.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 17, 2024
Add to that Jon Lovitz as Michael Dukakis and Kevin Nealon as Sam Donaldson and you have pure gold.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2024
If societal preferences are determined by majority vote, “society” prefers Dukakis over Gore, Gore over Jackson, and Jackson over Dukakis.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
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