Word: dares
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...also become a kind of global spotlight, forcing despotic governments to do their bloody deeds, if they dare, before a watching world. Sometimes they dare not, especially when CNN can reach even a relatively few citizens within the oppressed land and serve as a beacon of freedom. During the failed Soviet coup in August, as key state news organs were being taken over by supporters of coup leaders, Russian President Boris Yeltsin showed himself in public atop a tank to rally a crowd nearby -- and a far larger one throughout his nation. He knew that CNN might still be seen...
...message to the Union fans: coordinate. You need cheers, chants, rallying calls. No self-respecting ECAC crowd would dare to just yell "you suck" at random intervals during the game...
Such a change could have dramatic consequences for legitimate candidates. Election results would no longer be skewed by the irresponsible behavior of certain students, and perhaps UC campaigns would dare to focus more upon issues than slick advertising...
Whether they cannot conjure an alternative course (or perhaps because they simply disagree with Clinton), the Democrats in Congress are preparing to aid their colleagues' White House quest by adopting Mario Cuomo's advice: "Pass a lot of bills that combine to form a Democratic domestic agenda and dare the President to veto them." Thus, reasons Cuomo, the Democrats can both engage Bush and set the terms of discourse...
Madonna: Truth or Dare--in Science Center...