Word: conventionalized
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That mood eventually settled on Heston. In the '60s he marched with Martin Luther King Jr., and after Robert Kennedy's death, he called for gun control. But like many young liberals, he aged into conservatism. In the '80s he became a prime spokesman for right-wing causes and in...
Deadlock in Denver? With the nominee undecided, Democrats could face a rocky convention
Ever since he launched his campaign in Lincoln's hometown of Springfield, Obama has been happy to have himself compared with the original skinny outsider from Illinois. But as this race goes on, the image of another Illinois icon looms. The shape of the Pennsylvania electorate, and the prospect of...
For Democrats, this is a springtime of disadvantage. Even if the party settles on a presidential candidate by June, John McCain will have already had a three-month jump on organizing the Republican Convention, hiring staff, raising funds and building a campaign machine. But if the nomination fight goes all...
Leah Daughtry, the chief executive officer for the Democratic Convention, believes the party will have a nominee in time to make the necessary decisions regarding the organization (and, more important, the television broadcast) of the convention. Yet she acknowledges, "We wouldn't be good convention planners if we didn't...