Word: grass
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...Eikenberg, who was brought on last month as the Governor's poll numbers kept falling - despite an early endorsement from the National Republican Senatorial Committee - says the campaign will make a stronger grass-roots outreach to a wider swath of Republican voters. "Party activists are tremendously important," he says, "but you also have to tell your story to the Republican voters whose time is consumed by running a small business or getting their kids through school. We think they'll come out in force the more they hear who Charlie Crist is all about...
...grass-roots route that Parker adopted more than 18 years ago, and while she acknowledged that her victory was a significant moment for the gay community, she also told the Houston Chronicle, "One of the reasons I'm not having that big, excited, happy feeling is that there is a lot of work to be done ... I"m going to be the mom telling you to eat your vegetables [or] you don't get dessert." After all, local politics is not about savoring the glory; it's about delivering the goods...
Aside from being a valued friend and esteemed athlete, Ho—who donned a grass skirt and won a prize for his hula dancing during last spring’s Hawaiian cultural festival, “Luau”—is known by his friends for some of his quirkier qualities. “Along with dancing, he is very talented at eating an absurd amount of Chinese food,” says Lin. “He’ll easily eat two full overflowing plates of dumplings...
...Test by the College Board, a nonprofit group of universities and other educational organizations. The original test lasted 90 minutes and consisted of 315 questions testing knowledge of vocabulary and basic math and even including an early iteration of the famed fill-in-the-blank analogies (e.g., blue:sky::____:grass). The test grew and by 1930 assumed its now familiar form, with separate verbal and math tests. By the end of World War II, the test was accepted by enough universities that it became a standard rite of passage for college-bound high school seniors. It remained largely unchanged (save...
...some have experience in civil movements, which will bring about a new perspective in legislation," says Mari Miura, associate professor of political science at Sophia University in Tokyo. Japan's female lawmakers are generally seen by voters as kokumin no mesen - ordinary citizens - who have a better understanding of grass-roots issues. "There have been many male-centered policies in Japanese politics," says Eiko Okamoto, a former Yokohama city assembly member who won a seat in the Diet's lower house after serving 14 years in local politics. "I have high expectations that the increase in female legislators will help...