Word: democratizer
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...believe both roles compliment each other," Toomey, a Democrat, said in an interview from his State House office yesterday...
Most of the commuters exiting the 34th Street subway stop last Monday morning treated Democrat Ruth Messinger with resolute indifference. But they weren't the demoralizing ones. They were those who felt bad for her, like George, a 33-year-old accountant. After pronouncing that incumbent Rudy Giuliani is rash and a bad listener, he strode over to Messinger and clasped her hand. "Not this time," he consoled, as the smile vanished from the candidate's face...
...soundbites, the charismatic person with the witty aside comes across much better than a person slower of speech, but with a good grasp of real issues. Furthermore, there is something a bit disturbing that the definition of Americana hinges on one political figure. For instance, if you were a Democrat, would you really appreciate that a Republican serves as the symbol of your country...
Rubin's self-cancellation was part of the complicated game over Kerrey-Portman, a bill that developed out of the bipartisan commission on IRS reform headed by Senate Democrat Bob Kerrey of Nebraska and House Republican Rob Portman of Ohio. More than once over the past year the White House has rushed forward with reform proposals to pre-empt the commission, which issued its report in June. All the same, by mid October, when the House Ways and Means Committee was wrapping up consideration of the bill, the proposal for an outside board of directors was still a red flag...
...weeks before the 1996 election, Democrat Bill Yellowtail was in a neck-and-neck race for Montana's only House seat when a TV ad swooped out of the Big Sky. "Who is Bill Yellowtail?" it opened. "He preaches family values, but he took a swing at his wife." Yellowtail lost. A year later he's still trying to figure out who really took a swing at him. The ad's sponsor was a nonprofit group with a do-gooder name, Citizens for Reform. But the deeper mystery was how the organization knew to air a domestic incident more than...