Word: autopilot
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...sainted Jim Lehrer? Each question is an invitation to filibuster. All the questions are softballs that allow each candidate to go on autopilot. It's great that he's sticking to substance instead of tactics, but couldn't the questions have some focus? And he could ref a little better...
...loves the work of government but not the work of getting elected," says a former adviser. "The guy's an introvert. Putting himself out there is an act of enormous will. He tries and tries and tries, and then you see him withdraw into himself, switch on the autopilot and plod along. And when that happens, his capacity for work is never diminished, but his capacity for joy--the light touch a politician needs--gets lost...
...inmates until after they had given birth, and Gore, after some hemming and hawing, finally came up with an answer: "The principle of a woman's right to choose governs in that case." Gore didn't want to alienate his pro-choice constituency, so he just went on autopilot...
...even with stocks swinging like Tarzan on amphetamines, you're not doomed to smack into a tree. The trick: turn off CNBC, stay diversified and don't stray from autopilot investing programs like 401(k)s, IRAs, college funds and dividend-reinvestment plans...
...sure, there is no shortage of families who can afford elite institutions. Despite annual tuition hikes at Harvard, its applicant pool swelled from 13,029 in 1992 to 18,167 last year. Families that equate price with quality have allowed costs at elite schools to be on "autopilot," says Gordon Winston, an economist at Williams College. Most wealthy families can afford the high tuitions, and poor families get financial aid, but middle-income families get squeezed--and even squeezed...