Word: beholdenness
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...limitation of governmental power," said Theodore Roosevelt, "means the enslavement of the people by the great corporations." Theodore Roosevelt? They don't make Republicans the way they used to. As President, Roosevelt pursued a bellicose foreign policy but an increasingly liberal policy at home, one less beholden to business interests and friendlier to workers and the environment than the conservative wing of his party would have liked. After he left the White House, he was increasingly disappointed by the rightward drift of his handpicked successor, William Howard Taft. Before Taft's first term was up, Roosevelt was ready to challenge...
Arnold has a great issue profile. He is fiscally conservative, strong on defense, yet socially liberal. He’s a Republican not beholden to the religious right. Literally and figuratively, he’s the type of Republican even a Kennedy-liberal could love. He’s the governor of a large state with complicated problems similar to those at the national level. Those dismissing him because of a perceived lack of experience should consider that in ’08, Schwarzenegger will have been governor of California for five years. President Bush was only governor of Texas...
...United States, promoting democracy in Iran these days is no easy task. Push too hard for the reformists and America risks making Iran’s democracy advocates look beholden to America. Speak up too much and the budding democratic movement in Iran might fail. Yet doing nothing is an unacceptable alternative—simply neglecting the situation affronts America’s fundamental democratic beliefs...
Owen-Jones has the good fortune to run a company that is not entirely beholden to analysts. Because of a complex arrangement, just over half of L'Oreal's stock is controlled through a holding company that includes Nestle and Liliane Bettencourt, Eugene Schueller's only child and--thanks to her L'Oreal stake--one of the wealthiest people in Europe...
...draw us pop-inspired renderings of our dedicated extended family. Scott has provided us week in and week out with amazing art delivered promptly to our inbox, and should be on the hero’s page as well. We’re also especially beholden to former FM associate editor and current Crimson President, Amit R. Paley ’04, whose quiet support, constant nagging and unintentional comic relief help keep us on our toes. Check him out on page five in our all-time favorite photograph...