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	Michael Dukakis - MSN Encarta
		Michael Stanley Dukakis (born November 3, 1933) is an American Democratic politician, former Governor of Massachusetts, and was the Democratic presidential nominee in 1988
		Michael Dukakis, born in 1933, American politician and Democratic candidate for president in 1988.
		Michael Stanley Dukakis was born to Greek immigrant parents in Brookline, Massachusetts.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761559302/dukakis_michael_stanley.html (342 words)

	Michael Dukakis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Michael Stanley Dukakis (born November 3, 1933) is an American Democratic politician, former Governor of Massachusetts, and former presidential candidate, born in Brookline, Massachusetts, to Greek-immigrant parents.
		Dukakis lost his re-election bid to Edward J. King in the Democratic primary, as King rode the wave against high property taxes along with the passing of a binding petition on the state ballot that limited property tax rates to 2 1/2% of the property valuation.
		Dukakis was unable to refute criticism of his veto of a bill passed by the Massachusetts legislature to limit the furlough program and he even flatly refused to apologize to Horton's victims.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Michael_Dukakis (2359 words)

	Michael Dukakis - Phantis
		Michael Stanley Dukakis (born November 3, 1933) is a Greek-American Democratic politician, former Governor of Massachusetts, and a former presidential candidate, being the Democratic presidential nominee in 1988.
		Dukakis lost his re-election bid to Edward J. King in the Democratic primary, as King rode the wave against high property taxes along with the passing of a binding petition on the state ballot that limited property tax rates to 2 1/2% of the property valuation.
		Dukakis served as Governor again from 1983 until 1991 (winning re-election in 1986 with more than 60 percent of the vote), during which time he presided over a high-tech boom and a period of prosperity in Massachusetts.
	wiki.phantis.com /index.php/Michael_Dukakis (1938 words)

	United States presidential election, 1988 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Dukakis was attacked for such positions as opposing mandatory recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance in schools, as well as being a "card carrying member of the ACLU" (a statement made by Dukakis concerning himself early in the primary campaign).
		Governor Dukakis attempted to quell criticism that he was ignorant on military matters by staging a photo op in which he drove a tank around a field.
		Dukakis was badly hurt by the Republican "Willie Horton" and "Boston Harbor" campaign ads, and Dukakis staff member Donna Brazile's resignation after she spread rumors of a Bush affair.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/U.S._presidential_election,_1988 (2021 words)

	Michael S. Dukakis
		Michael Stanley Dukakis was born in Brookline, Massachusetts on November 3, 1933.
		Dukakis came back to defeat King in 1982 and was re-elected to an unprecedented third four-year term in 1986 by one of the largest margins in history.
		After leaving office in January 1991, Dukakis and his wife, Kitty, spent five weeks in Australia as guests of the city of Melbourne and three months at the University of Hawaii where Dukakis was a visiting professor in the political science department and at the School of Public Health.
	www.hri.org /hri/dukakis.html (783 words)

	Interactive State House
		Dukakis staged an upset defeat of incumbent Governor Edward King, with 53% of the votes to King's 47%.
		Dukakis won a third term as Governor and contended with mounting deficits as the national economy cooled along with the Massachusetts Miracle.
		Michael Dukakis went on to serve for over a decade as a visiting professor at Northeastern University and as a lecturer in public management at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government.
	www.mass.gov /statehouse/massgovs/mdukakis.htm (388 words)

	Michael Dukakis (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Michael Stanley Dukakis (born November 3 1933) is a politician of Greek origin Massachusetts in the United States.
		Dukakis was attacked by Bush before election as "a card-carrying liberal" for his of the American Civil Liberties Union.
		Dukakis has been blamed for allowing to be considered a bad word and lampooned for an ill-considered photo-op in a tank in which his wearing of a helmet made him appear out of place was used by his opponents campaign as he would not make a good commander-in-chief.
	www.freeglossary.com /Michael_Dukakis (399 words)

	NationMaster.com - Encyclopedia: Michael Dukakis
		Dukakis was often referred to as "Zorba the Clerk." A Greek American is a citizen of the United States who has significant Greek heritage.
		Katharine Dickson Dukakis (born December 26, 1936), known as Kitty Dukakis, is the wife of former Massachusetts governor and presidential candidate Michael Dukakis.
		James Michael Curley (November 20, 1874-November 12, 1958) was an American political figure who served in the United States House of Representatives, as the mayor of Boston, Massachusetts, and as governor of Massachusetts.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Michael-Dukakis (8834 words)

	The Harvard Crimson :: News :: Michael Dukakis (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Dukakis is the only Democrat in the race who has a proven track record of success, and he has also demonstrated the personal qualities of honesty, candor, and integrity that set him apart from his competitors.
		Dukakis, in fact, has better proven himself to be "one of us" in the South than has Gore, whose Washington upbringing, prep school/Harvard ties and liberal voting record are taken as evidence that he has betrayed the South.
		Michael Dukakis is the man among all the presidential contenders who has consistently shown his desire to address the needs of all Americans.
	www.thecrimson.com /article.aspx?ref=157111 (845 words)

	Debating Our Destiny: Gov. Michael Dukakis -- October 29, 1999
		MICHAEL DUKAKIS: Reasonably so, you know, I think that something, particularly in the first debate, that's kind of special about this, after all, this is the presidential debate or one of a limited number of them.
		MICHAEL DUKAKIS: Well, if you have been against the death penalty as I have, and this has been an issue in virtually every campaign I've ever run in, you are asked that question, or a variation of it about a thousand times.
		MICHAEL DUKAKIS: No, no. I had made a decision from the beginning that I wanted this to be a positive campaign and I think during the primary process, I was able to do that.
	www.pbs.org /newshour/debatingourdestiny/interviews/dukakis.html (3379 words)

	UCLA School of Public Affairs - Public Policy
		Dukakis came back to defeat King in 1982 and was reelected to an unprecedented third, four-year term in 1986 by one of the largest margins in history.
		Dukakis won the Democratic nomination for the presidency of the United States in 1988 but was defeated by George Bush.
		Dukakis was nominated by President Clinton for a five-year term as a member of the new Board of Directors of Amtrak, The National Railroad Passenger Corporation on May 21, 1998 and served as Vice-Chairman on the Amtrak Board.
	www.spa.ucla.edu /dept.cfm?d=ps&s=faculty&f=faculty1.cfm&id=59 (610 words)

	Michael Dukakis (Site not responding. Last check: )
		She served as campaign manager for Michael Dukakis' presidential bid, becoming the first woman to head a US presidential campaign.
		When Michael Dukakis came close to George HW Bush in 1988 in California, it was considered a "victory." By the time of the disputed 2000 election, Al Gore won...
		Dukakis has been blamed for allowing "liberal" to be considered a bad word, and was lampooned for an ill-considered photo-op in an tank during the campaign.
	www.wikiverse.org /michael-dukakis (409 words)

	Michael Dukakis
		Dukakis won in part by promising to be a 'reformer' and pledging not to increase the state's sales tax to balance the state budget.
		Governor Dukakis was an amiable host to President Gerald Ford and Queen Elizabeth II during their visits to Boston in 1976 to commemorate the bicentenary of the United States.
		Dukakis served as Governor again from 1983 until 1991 (winning re-election in 1986 with more than 60 percent of the vote) during which time he presided over a high-tech boom and a period of prosperity in Massachusetts and simultaneously getting the reputation for being a 'technocrat'.
	www.squidoo.com /michaeldukakis (1012 words)

	Roxbury Latin / Gov. Michael Dukakis Visits Roxbury Latin
		Dukakis was born and raised in nearby Brookline, Massachusetts where he attended the local Brookline Public Schools.
		Dukakis subsequently went on to serve in the Massachusetts Legislature from 1962 to 1970.
		Dukakis accomplished a great deal during his first term and, in the R.L. tradition, achieved notoriety as the only person in the state Government who went to work during the great Blizzard of 1978.
	www.roxburylatin.org /home/news_item.asp?id=133 (506 words)

	Michael Dukakis
		There were very few fl students at Swarthmore, but Dukakis cut their hair, and the hair of white students who wanted to boycott the racist barbers -- and he did so without a barber's license.
		And true or false, while the "son of Greek immigrants" line was heartwarming the first time Dukakis said it, it grew tedious when it became his de facto campaign motto, mentioned in countless speeches and TV ads for months.
		Dukakis couldn't find the words to explain why a free country shouldn't compel teachers to require first-graders to memorize an oath and recite it every morning.
	www.nndb.com /people/438/000022372 (654 words)

	Boston.com / News / Boston Globe / Living / Arts / The lessons of Mike Dukakis
		It will surprise no one that Dukakis still overflows with opinions and statistics about the nuts-and-bolts issues he always considered of paramount importance, such as transportation (he served on the Amtrak board for five years, including a stint as interim chairman) and health care reform.
		With age, inevitably, comes loss, and Dukakis was buffeted this year by the loss of two important people in his life: his mother, Euterpe, who died in April at 99, and his father-in-law, Harry Ellis Dickson, who died in March at 94.
		It was 40 years ago that Dukakis entered the Legislature as a young reformer bent on changing the ethical climate in a state legendary for political corruption.
	www.boston.com /news/globe/living/articles/2003/10/30/the_lessons_of_mike_dukakis (1568 words)

	Michael Dukakis Biography Summary
		Michael Dukakis (born 1933) is a former Governor of Massachusettes who lost his bid for President of the United States to George Bush in 1988.
		Michael Dukakis is the type of person who would take along a book called Swedish Land-Use Planning as light...
		History will be kinder to Michael Dukakis than are many of his contemporaries as he concludes a governorship that has been far more distinguished than these hard times lead one to remember.
	www.bookrags.com /Michael_Dukakis (326 words)

	Michael Dukakis: Former Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts - Associated Content
		Michael Dukakis: Former Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
		Dukakis' father was a Harvard-educated physician and his mother was a Massachusetts schoolteacher.
		Dukakis' mother worked to eliminate first her native Greek accent and then her New England accent to remove imperfections from her speech pattern that might hinder her teaching ability.
	www.associatedcontent.com /article/408118/michael_dukakis_former_governor_of.html (591 words)

	1982 Running Mates: John Forbes Kerry & Michael Stanley Dukakis
		It was the Bush campaign that had ridiculed Dukakis for riding in a tank in Michigan to deflect charges that Dukakis was soft on defense.
		Dukakis, 69, has been barely a blip on the national political scene since losing the campaign for the presidency, attending but never taking a speaking role at the subsequent quadrennial conventions and confining his public activities mostly to being vice chairman of the Amtrak board.
		Dukakis, who said he talks frequently with Kerry, said he expects to have a lengthy discussion about primary strategy with his former protege.
	www.rushlimbaugh.com /home/menu/dukakiskerry.guest.html (1071 words)

	DangFunny Political Humor The Dukakis Presidency (Site not responding. Last check: )
		In all of the polls taken before the election, not a one had predicted a Dukakis victory, not even in the margin of error.
		Liberal protesters were angry, and the law was soon ruled unconstitutional, but Dukakis won favor with some anti-crime groups and put Bush in a strange position for a Republican-- having to argue that Democrat Dukakis was too tough on civil liberties.
		DUKAKIS HAD MADE A PROMISE to make America "More Like Massachusetts." Of course, most polls showed that Americans did not want to be like Massachusetts, but President Dukakis was firm in his mission.
	www.dangfunnypolitics.com /dukakis.html (2084 words)

	Dukakis, Michael Stanley - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Dukakis, Michael Stanley
		Dukakis was born in Boston, Massachusetts, the son of Greek immigrants.
		After a poor campaign, Dukakis was defeated by the incumbent vice-president George Bush.
		This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional.
	encyclopedia.farlex.com /Dukakis,+Michael+Stanley (194 words)

	The Phoenix Online - Michael Dukakis ’55
		When Dukakis arrived at Swarthmore in 1951 and unpacked his bags in a Wharton Hall dorm room, he still had plans to follow in his father’s footsteps and become a doctor.
		In that same year Dukakis, once criticized as too idealistic for the practical realities of politics, was named the most effective governor in the nation by the National Governors Association.
		Dukakis’ action was intended to support the First Amendment rather than oppose the Pledge of Allegiance, but George H. Bush successfully criticized the decision as un-American.
	www.sccs.swarthmore.edu /org/phoenix/2002/2002-09-19/news/12182.php (1143 words)

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