Word: gradualism
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Jarred's character is more problematic because it is potentially more complex. He is cast as the artist to Flee's pop-culture consumer, but as played by Heath the character vacillates between dignity, ironic detachmet and mere roguishness. If Jarred had more emotional depth throughout, his gradual alienation and his photographic rape of Flee would have been all the more terrifying. This interpretation can be glimpsed only at times, and it is undermined by the decision to give Jarred a visually distracting spiked dog-collar, suggesting a punk persona that is not (and should not be) reflected...
...disappearance of the death penalty issue has been gradual, but in presidential politics its last gasp may be traced to the 1988 campaign. Michael Dukakis was hammered by George Bush as soft on crime; Dukakis's opposition to the death penalty became a centerpiece of that attack. The Willie Horton ads might have been defused if Dukakis had come out as a strong supporter of executions; instead, Dukakis allowed the death penalty issue to be used against him, turning in one of his worst performances by muffing a debate question about whether he would support the execution of a criminal...
...countermeasures." Grachev said Russia's response could include abandoning a treaty that limits the deployment of conventional troops in the region, or increasing coordination of defenses with other former Soviet republics. Defense Secretary William Perry insisted NATO "poses no threat" to Russia and stressed that any expansion would be gradual...
Opponents argue that the scheme would introduce bad incentives into the system by tempting high earners to conceal income. What some of them would prefer to see is a gradual, across-the-board reduction of benefits. One way that could be accomplished is by ending the special protection against inflation granted to Social Security pensions, which are increased every year to offset the full amount of inflation. Cost of living adjustments in most private pensions and in workers' wages are limited to part, if any, of the annual increase in prices. Why should Social Security pensioners alone be fully protected...
...stakes are enormous. The science needed to effect this revolutionary transition is at hand; it's the nation's psychology that lags. Americans are still exorcising political ghosts and brooding about run-amuck populism through electronic plebiscites dominated by Rush Limbaugh and The Simpsons. But a gradual, successful infusion of new technology into 21st century politics should serve to build confidence among skeptics. The mood of the nation is ripe. Last year survey takers reported that U.S. computer owners listed politics online as one of their highest priorities. And the newest political parties and movements often show a high-tech...