Word: criticalness
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...evidence deployed in these campaigns can be dizzyingly convoluted. One newspaper ad by Brooks' group cites the fact that Obama's foreign policy views have been praised by Pat Buchanan, a Republican and a longtime critic of American policy toward Israel. At the same time, the liberal group MoveOn.org has been sending around e-mails with the apparently false claim that Sarah Palin, McCain's running mate, supported Buchanan in the 2000 election. (She wore a Buchanan button when he visited Alaska but says she never backed him.) All the money and outside effort has a single goal: reaching voters...
...stressed that despite fears on Capitol Hill, he does believe there should be some oversight of the unprecedented bailout. But Democrat Chris Dodd of Connecticut declared, "It is not just our economy at risk but our Constitution as well," while ranking minority member Richard Shelby of Alabama, a vocal critic of the plan, said, "I have long opposed government bailouts for individuals and corporate America alike ... We have been given no credible assurances that this plan will work...
...that served as the political ammunition party leaders needed to oust Mbeki, though observers suggest they had a much broader list of complaints. "So much antagonism has built up towards him that people were determined not to let him go in any dignified way," author and ANC parliamentarian-turned-critic Andrew Feinstein told TIME. "That is related to the very autocratic and cut-throat policies that he introduced in his own presidency...
Once you've found your critics, you have to figure out what to say. The right response will get you everywhere: Selena Kellinger, owner of the party-goods store Razzberry Lips in San Jose, Calif., apologized to a customer who had posted a critical review of her store on Yelp. Her critic, Jumoke Jones, was so impressed with Kellinger that she replaced her negative review with a positive one. Karl Idsvoog, a journalism professor at Kent Sate University in Ohio, took a more confrontational tack. He responded to students' accusations that he was a "rude, disrespectful, pretentious snob" on Rate...
...thumbs down! New York Post critic wallops ROGER EBERT at filmfest...