Word: conscious
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...that, as Harvard Professor Kiku Adatto details in her recent book, “Picture Perfect: Life in the Age of the Photo Op,” this transformation could not have occurred without the media’s complicity. An industry more concerned with ratings than information, more conscious of sizzle than substance, sold the public propaganda that they had received straight from the campaigns. They unmistakably opted to create great entertainment with negligible journalistic content. It is this focus on the images rather than the stances of political candidates that Adatto calls “photo-op culture...
...these are only baby steps. Residents of Kirkland House, if they so happened to read the reverse side of the new party-registration forms, would be treated to a list of “tips to minimize the environmental impact of your party.” The socially-conscious lights who devised this counsel absurdly suggest that hosts should “encourage attendees to bring their own cup or mug,” or “alternatively, try to have people use just one cup,” “strategically place” trash and recycling...
...economic crisis deepens. "People are feeling like they're depriving themselves of fun they would be having by buying a new car or taking a trip," says Tom Adams, president of Adams Media Research. "So they feel fully justified in continuing to spend on more cost-conscious kinds of entertainment...
...brought up by two remarkable women, my mother and my grandmother. And so I believe in the strength of women, and I've been very conscious for a long time of how we make sure women's voices are heard. It remains a passion of mine. I'm very interested to see how we can harness the goodwill and power of women in America and Europe to help women in the developing world...
...they ask me to." It's not as if McCain's campaign doesn't have recent examples of how the Crist-Florida bond works. Last summer, pundits predicted that McCain's call for oil-drilling off Florida's coast would alienate huge swaths of the state's generally eco-conscious electorate. But after Crist backed McCain on the subject, a majority of Floridians came onboard to the idea, provided there were sufficient environmental safeguards. The goodwill Crist built, however, has been undermined by the McCain campaign's insistence on turning the issue into a "Drill, baby, drill!" onslaught, says...