Word: arizona
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...candidates who have received their parties' nominations--Vice President Al Gore '69 and Texas Gov. George W. Bush--have made long-overdue pledges to make campaign finance reform significant parts of their platforms. To some extent, the moves were political maneuvers to win over independents who supported Arizona Sen. John S. McCain and former New Jersey Sen. Bill Bradley. Nevertheless, we are heartened that although the presidential bids of McCain and Bradley have ended, the spectre of reform will haunt the candidates as they move towards the general election...
Marvin Kalb, the executive director of the Shorenstein Center's Washington office and co-director of the Vanishing Voter project, said that the poll results showed that Arizona Sen. John S. McCain's candidacy grabbed voters' attention...
Spread the power geographically. After New Hampshire, the G.O.P. calendar gave half a dozen states a voice. They included bastions of Southern conservatism (Virginia and South Carolina), Midwest industrialism (Michigan), the Sun Belt and Pacific Northwest (Arizona and Washington State). Even North Dakota had a voice, however muted by massive indifference...
...much as I would like," McCain told TIME. When he and his wife Cindy do attend, they usually sit behind the youth section, where they can get in and out unobtrusively. "He does not seek attention," says Yeary. "If I tried to recognize him, he might chastise me." Arizona Congressman J.D. Hayworth, a former North Phoenix member who has prayed with McCain, contends that the candidate's trademark candor extends to his faith. "You read the Psalms, you see how David is brutally honest with God," he says. "That's John. He doesn't keep anything from the Creator...
...something this reviewer heartily advises, because there is little redemption in any aspect of the film. While the space imagery is enough to convince even the most staunch believer that the original 1969 moon landings were faked on a soundstage in Arizona, having a special effects driven movie just doesn't cut it any more. The budget has gone to securing high profile talent and the gorgeous special effects, but amid all the self congratulations going on at Disney, someone forgot that a movie must be founded on a script. It has been said that an infinite number of monkeys...