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
Gore went on to earn fewer than half of Jackson’s primary votes, placing third behind that preacher and eventual frontrunner Michael Dukakis.
From Salon • Feb. 22, 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
She managed to generate the most negatively iconic photo of a Democrat since Michael Dukakis wore a helmet atop a tank.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 15, 2025
The single image that doomed our hopes of getting a Greek into the White House: Dukakis, wearing an oversize army helmet, bouncing along on top of an M41 Walker Bulldog.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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