Word: burnes
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...MONTHS I WATCHED THE EVER changing definition of "negativity" in the primary coverage. First there was hand wringing over negative ads by Steve Forbes. The next round of slash-and- burn advertising was between Dole and Alexander. Now the vitriol is directed at the followers of Buchanan. This has become a feeding frenzy by a smarmy coalition of Establishment Republicans, Democrats and newsies from left and right. I am an agnostic pro-choice woman living not a mile from Focus on the Family in Colorado Springs. There are no skinheads here. There is no hate here. The hate, venom...
...sense, the two women correspond to the yin and yang of Buchanan's own personality. The slash-and-burn, take-no-prisoners campaign chairman reflects Pat's public persona, while the gracious lady of the house reflects the private Pat, whom his former colleague Michael Kinsley once described as "gentle" and almost everyone else considers amiable...
...fire, once lighted, has a life of its own. So does rhetoric that inflames people and encourages hate. It is curious that candidate Buchanan, protector of the family, acts like a man who is trying to burn down the house...
...spray of cameras. The one thing missing was a crowd. Only about 12 supporters turned up, and some were regulars; two were an affluent Marshalltown, Iowa, couple. His voice thick, his eyes red as the truck behind him, Dole began to recite his catechism, but the words never burn into the people who hear them. "It's about ideas, it's about the future," he told the crowd, neglecting to offer up those specific ideas about the future. "It's about character, it's about values, it's about family, it's about whether or not we can make fundamental...
THERE IS A BASIC DIFFERENCE BETWEEN INSURANCE and socialism. Insurance is protection against risks that are unpredictable for individuals but predictable for a larger group. You don't know whether your house will burn down next year, but we can know roughly how many houses will burn down across the country. This combination of unpredictability in particular and predictability in general is what makes insurance a business...