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Bush administration

Bush administration

6 3.6
The United States government led by President George H. W. Bush from 1989 to 1993
  • noun
  • /bʊʃ ˌæd.mɪn.ɪˈstreɪ.ʃən/
translation icon : administración de George H. W. Bush
  • When dealing with the North Korean nuclear program, the first Bush administration adopted a more hawkish approach than the Clinton administration.
  • George H. W. Bush administration
  • the first Bush administration

Taxes started during the first, first Bush administration.

Examples

  • I hope this is a sign that the Bush administration is finally going to do some diplomacy.

  • The George H. W. Bush administration initially opposed the legislation because it diverted $500 million previously authorized for other purposes, but Nunn and Lugar prevailed, backed up by 86 votes in the Senate.

    Academic text (2018)

  • SHEEN: Andrew Card was Chief of Staff when the Bush administration joined the suit against California.

    Who Killed the Electric Car? (2006)

  • Now the first Bush administration, the HW Bush administration gets credit for a much better executed war, the first Gulf War.

  • The years of the George W. Bush administration have seen support for Israel in U.S. public opinion reach the highest level ever, and it has remained there throughout Bush's two terms.

    Academic text (2008)

  • The George H. W. Bush administration did precisely that on German unification and the Persian Gulf War.

    Academic text (2007)

  • If the George H. W. Bush administration can be criticized for anything, it is for failing to provide swift economic help to the democratic government of the newly independent Russia in 1992.

    Academic text (2007)

  • Similarly, when Alfredo Cristiani was elected president in 1989, the Bush administration quickly established a good working relationship with the Cristiani government despite considerable hostility from many congressional Democrats to Cristiani's ARENA party.

    Academic text (1997)

  • The program was later launched by the George H.W. Bush administration.

  • During the George H.W. Bush administration, he was a consultant to the National Intelligence Council.

Synonyms

White House
vsBush administration
  • Literature
∞ 2.7

The people who work for the US president and make government decisions

names the executive branch during one president's term from 1989 to 1993

Surface Forms

Bush administration singular
Bush administrations plural

Morphology

Bush + administration

The phrase is compositional: 'Bush' functions as the president's name and 'administration' means a leader's term or government, so a learner who knows both constituents can infer it refers to the government during Bush's presidency. This leader+administration pattern is cross-linguistically common, so despite possible ambiguity about which Bush, the overall meaning is directly derivable from the parts.

Etymology

Bush administration puts the president's last name Bush together with administration, the team that runs the government. So Bush administration means 'the government and its leaders while George H. W. Bush was president, from 1989 to 1993'.