Word: buzzword
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...good life to be. It may involve being exceptional; it may involve being average; it may involve being a happy pig or an unhappy Socrates. But these decisions are no more (and no less) complex than a thousand other ethical concerns. To refrain from them simply because the buzzword "genetic engineering" is involved does not guarantee a child an "open future" but rather a random future, a Russian roulette future. No child is made more "free" if his or her hair color, number of limbs or even sexual orientation is chosen by chance rather than design...
Senators and congressmen know a good buzzword when they see it. Everyone of them - from rabid conservatives to far-out liberals - is mouthing that he or she is now a born-again bipartisan. But it doesn't take much scratching on the surface to discover that practically every member's vision of bipartisanship is different. Like defining truth and beauty. "There clearly is a lot of leeway in what people have in mind when they talk about bipartisanship," Democratic Sen. Jeff Bingaman deadpans. Conservative Republican senators in Trent Lott's leadership team, such as Majority Whip Don Nickles...
...with renewed ardor for Gore's head. A 5-4 decision, and it's pretty much just another partisan shouting match, albeit with both sides striving for the appropriate hushed tones when speaking of the Court itself. Make it 6-3 or 7-2 or more, though, and the buzzword on cable-news correspondents' lips will be "supermajority." And then it starts to echo...
...Bush got a "Truth" reading when he said said that if schools failed "there has to be a consequence." Since "consequence" is Bush's latest buzzword (Saddam, Hollywood and unlicensed gun traders all face "consequences"), teachers should be afraid. Very afraid...
...Community" is a favorite buzzword for student leaders: candidates for the Undergraduate Council, student group leaders, class marshal candidates. By that, they usually mean events, organizations, meetings, plans. But Ghartey-Tagoe is talking about something more basic...