Word: idealizes
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Today, the election process does not at all reflect this ideal scenario. The advent of direct primaries and the decline of political parties' power have virtually eliminated any sense of a deliberative process. The system now depends on the voting public to select the candidates. The task at hand then becomes to educate voters, providing them with information about the candidates and their platforms, so that they can make well-informed and well-thought-out decisions. The media has, by default, become the link between the candidates and the people. Without television, radio and newspapers, those running for office would...
...running through my warm memories of Professor Price, I am struck by the fact that when one considers the qualities of the ideal Harvard professor, one has invariably described the very nature of the late H. Douglas Price. Professor Price was a thorough scholar, a thoughtful mentor, a patient teacher, a sterling role model and a compassionate friend. He authored groundbreaking scholarship in the field of American political participation which has been cited in academic journals for decades. Yet he also placed a high priority on close contact with undergraduate students...
...Mary styles himself as a political novice next to Rawlins but says that he still has a lot to offer. Thus, O'Mary says that theirs is the ideal ticket...
...Though he would credit others, Pete was the driving force in changing the face of professional sports in this country. His vision, integrity and commitment made him the ideal leader during a period of tremendous growth for the NFL," Tagliabue said...
...ultimately it is the character of Dr. Relling, the Ekdals' cynical, dissipated neighbor, who becomes the dominating symbol of this production. Foil and foe to Gregers, profoundly contemptuous of the latter's lofty "claims of the ideal," convinced that the average man or family (like the Ekdals) needs lies and illusions, not ideals, to survive, the worldweary doctor is played effectively--almost too effectively--by Jack Willis, who cuts a Jack Nicholson-like figure with his sardonic drawl and menacing animus towards Gregers. His is the image that lasts, the voice that crowds out the others and cuts down even...