Word: effective
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...look at Buchanan's face now and see, when it is at rest, the design of a Greek mask of tragedy, a curious effect. When Buchanan speaks I hear the driving, urgent undershadow of menace (promises of dark things, of retribution) that Senator Joseph R. McCarthy conjured; their voices are eerily similar, and, like Pat, Joe McCarthy had considerable personal charm...
...which mortally wounded Dole's candidacy with negative ads in 1988. Late on a snowy Friday in February of that year, Governor John Sununu, running the Bush campaign in New Hampshire, personally delivered to WMUR-TV an ad called "Senator Straddle," which detailed Dole's flip-flops to devastating effect. Late on a snowy Friday last week, Governor Steve Merrill, a Sununu protege, personally delivered to WMUR an ad that attacked Alexander as "too liberal." The ad reminded voters that Alexander once proposed a state income tax for Tennessee, which, like taxophobic New Hampshire, does not have one. The income...
...special effort needs to be made to emphasize the unique possibilities of public service, which go far beyond any financial considerations. Government service is unique because of its "ripple effect." Like a drop of water in pond, infinitely magnified by the outward rings of ripples, government offers the opportunity to empower others who will, in turn, make great contributions on their own. Government offers the chance to confront our most challenging national problems, and use these as opportunities to help improve lives. In this way, through government service, individual ability, training and potential can be leveraged to make significant contributions...
...reached in scene after scene, the final tragic highlight of the musical, Jacob Zulu's verdict, loses much of its passionate appeal. The crescendo of the play has been reached by the middle of the first act, and no additional pumping up the volume will have any more effect upon already aching ears...
...have underestimated the effect of marijuana, because we were looking at young college students who had only been smoking for a few years," Pope said...