Word: democratization
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...receive campus acceptance, the majority of political activities at Harvard need to be stamped with the label “Democrat.” For example, Republican Club members report that at a recent membership drive in front of the Science Center, passersby routinely made snide comments about the club...
That sort of call from the hinterland got Washington's attention in 1991, when bookish Democrat Harris Wofford ran for the Senate on the health-care issue and pulled off a stunning upset over a two-time Pennsylvania Governor. The next year Bill Clinton deftly appropriated Wofford's message, vowing to "make health care affordable for every family," and toppled the first President Bush. But when Clinton tried to fix the problem--and almost lost his own presidency--he gave all the other politicians pause about making any such promises again...
Given Blair’s backing for action against Iraq, it is truly disturbing that the nation’s top Democrat has resorted to such blatant partisanship. To listen to Daschle’s remarks, one would think that Bush was recklessly bombing random countries, placing a multitude of ground troops in harm’s way without proper intelligence and ignoring the continued threat of al Qaeda. In reality, the Bush team’s conduct of this war remains patient and incredibly well-focused...
...will take more than mere wind and rain to faze Tyson, who has seen power close up. And when a Democrat gets back in the White House, a return to the political maelstrom is possible. Consider the reason she has sometimes given for taking the L.B.S. job: "Al Gore didn't win." Q&A TIME: What do you see ahead, economically, given the current slump? Tyson: The evidence points to a picking-up of the global economy in the second half of 2002. It will be a slow recovery to complement a fairly mild and short recession. What people shouldn...
...other Clean Elections candidate, Democrat Warren E. Tolman, won a case in the Supreme Judicial Court last week awarding him public financing and was subsequently paid over $582,000 in public funds...