Word: bolds
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DIED. Lamar Muse, 86, fiery, outspoken first leader of Southwest Airlines who, through a series of bold, often witty marketing innovations, turned the fledgling, debt-ridden company into a successful competitor; in Dallas. Skirting federal regulations on interstate travel by operating within Texas, he famously slashed fares (flights between several key cities were $20); dressed flight attendants in hot pants; and, to beat a competitor trying to horn in on his cheap prices, kept the low fare--and threw in a free bottle of whiskey...
...promise of the exhilarating subtitle—“In the Maelstrom of American Modernism”—in a biography of a man who died in 1910, well before what we call “modernism” was much more than a premonition. This bold statement about James’ place in the history of ideas is not only a fairly obvious publisher’s appeal to horn-rimmed graduate students of comparative literature who wouldn’t dare touch a book dealing with hopelessly unemancipated “pre-modern?...
...more disciplined in terms of sticking to his campaign themes, to the point of repeating word-for-word answers he gives from city to city and interview to interview, and he already has the experience of a presidential run. But he's trying to establish himself as the bold, straight-talking candidate, as Dean did in 2003. Edwards has said from the beginning of his campaign "it's make believe" that a president could balance the budget, create universal health care and reduce the problems of global warming and poverty. So he's focused on the latter goals, rather than...
...husband was at the House Democrats retreat last weekend encouraging them to take incremental steps on policy, such as trying to reduce administrative costs in health care, Hillary Clinton was telling Democrats at the DNC event that the party should overcome "a sense of fatalism" and do bold things, as Edwards has been saying. And Edwards won't be rewarded for taking some honest stands. Told about Edwards's comments on the impossibility of balancing the budget and creating universal health care, Al From, who runs the centrist Democratic Leader Council, called it "a false choice," and suggested a president...
Having failed to impose its will in Iraq and the Palestinian Territories - and contemplating new setbacks in Afghanistan and Lebanon - the Bush Administration has lately been recasting its Middle East policy: Gone is the bold talk of spreading democracy through the "creative chaos" and "birth pangs" unleashed by the Iraq invasion and other violent episodes; in its stead, we are told, the Administration is seeking a new united front with "responsible" (i.e. U.S.-allied) Arab regimes and Israel to help counter the extremist camp of Iran, Hizballah and Hamas. In this new narrative, Iran is cast as the major regional...