Description: Bush used popular culture, macho symbolism, pithy soundbites in his campaign, all of which played well on tv. Dukakis, being more cerebral and substantive, did not avail himself of these approaches.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 11/10/1988
Description: Newspaper editors gather at Associated Press convention where they express their disdain for television coverage (undue emphasis on soundbites and polls) of presidential campaign.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 10/20/1988
Description: People seeking tax help to meet filing deadline, explain their procrastination. Piles of mailed state income tax forms at revenue department. Women sorting. Stephen Kidder, state revenue commissioner.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 04/15/1988
Description: Theresa Leger of Somerville is a teenage drug and alcohol counselor who encourages her contemporaries to speak out and stand up for themselves instead of following the crowd.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 06/13/1988
Description: Teenagers act in AIDS education play to convey to their peers message about safe sex.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 08/02/1988
Description: Limited nuclear test ban treaty of 1963 has not ended atomic testing. John Pastore, Jr. and Sr., argue for comprehensive test ban to stop nuclear arms race. Atomic Cafe, Dr. Strangelove clips.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 08/05/1988
Description: Wilmington High School football team prepares for Thanksgiving Day match against rival Tewksbury.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 11/23/1988
Description: BayBank establishes Boston Night Center for drop-in, not shelter, in Church of All Nations in South End. ATM, bank machine. Homeless men on street. Philip Johnston.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 01/21/1988
Description: Wheelchair users gather on City Hall plaza to protest The Ride van service with lift because it is ill-equipped and unreliable. James O'Leary, MBTA general manager. Handicapped. Discrimination.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 07/27/1988
Description: Users of The Ride, van shuttle for disabled commuters, stage 2nd protest against its unreliable service & poor safety record. James O'Leary of MBTA. People in wheelchairs. Handicapped.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 08/08/1988