Word: center
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...voted to override President Clinton's veto of the bill banning a late-term abortion procedure commonly known as "partial-birth" abortions. While the Senate couldn't muster the required two-thirds majority to override the veto last week, the debate has brought the issue of abortion to the center of the political arena...
...criticized the current Democratic front runners--Al Gore Jr. '69 and Bill Bradley--for drifting too far towards the center and not offering the American people a real choice in the elections...
Bush's success in the field of education is a challenge to the Democratic candidates. While Gore has made education a center plank in his platform, he does not have the hands-on experience in turning around a failing educational system that Bush can claim. And even though Bush has inherited and adopted traditionally Democratic attitudes towards education, he has been willing to take even more radical steps for improvement. Bush's radical methods have also had detractors; unfortunately, both Democratic candidates have tiptoed around the issue of testing in order to improve performance...
...Dillon Professor of International Affairs and Stanfield Professor of International Peace, Putnam has served as the chair of the Government Department, the director of the Center for International Affairs, and dean of the Kennedy School. Known to undergraduates as the professor of Junior Government Tutorial 90qa, "Community in America," Putnam studies social capital in relation to civic engagement. In his 1995 article and upcoming book, Bowling Alone: Civic Disengagement in America and What to Do About It, Putnam employs bowling as a metaphor for a larger phenomenon in America. He charts the movement from group-oriented civic engagement, as manifested...
Both the Harvard Square Information Booth near the T, and the Harvard University Events & Information booth in the Holyoke Center claim to be rich depositories of "information." But how much do they really know...