Word: garnering
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Dawson is to garner similar praise next week, he’ll have to do it without the blockers he’s used to following and has exhaustively credited with his success...
Third, the council needs to extend the campaigning period from one week to several weeks. This could be part of moving the elections back. The current one-week-system contributes to a good portion of the chaos. Given the brief window to garner votes, it is only logical that candidates adopt blitzkrieg tactics. With a longer campaigning period, the same tactics may be employed but without the brevity. Instead of a quick handshake, a substantive discussion of concerns and ideas may occur. And the sense of impersonality driven by the “Hi, vote for me, bye?...
Burden said he thinks the presidential primary campaign of Howard Dean, which relied heavily on the internet to garner youth support, has attracted a more diverse group of bettors...
...You’ve undoubtedly seen Raise Your Voice before: this film is formula-driven, from start to finish. But no matter how many times Duff clips her lines or awkwardly overacts her most intense scenes, the film somehow recovers. Despite its reliance on ham-fisted elements to a garner a reaction, Raise Your Voice pulls off moments where palpable, genuine emotion pumps from the screen...
...actually doing it at the highest level, in the world’s most prominent program—with an arguably imposing family precedent, as well—isn’t lost on anyone. He and fellow senior Malcolm Howard, Harvard’s master of protocol, only garner praise...