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...catered even more to its base's biases, insisting that the New Deal made the Depression worse, carbon emissions are fine for the environment and tax cuts actually boost revenues - even though the vast majority of historians, scientists and economists disagree. The RNC is about to vote on a kindergartenish resolution to change the name of its opponent to the Democrat Socialist Party. This plays well with hard-core culture warriors and tea-party activists convinced that a dictator-President is plotting to seize their guns, choose their doctors and put ACORN in charge of the Census, but it ultimately...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: One Year Ago: The Republicans in Distress | 5/7/2009 | See Source »

...intent on persuading Americans that Star Wars is either a) an impossible and dangerous dream or b) the ultimate nuclear umbrella. Declares retired General Daniel Graham, head of High Frontier: "Both sides realize it's a political issue and grass-roots support is very important." Obscured by the often kindergartenish imagery, however, the real debate over SDI remains murky and complex...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Great Star Wars P.R. War | 6/21/2005 | See Source »

...Stall runs both his Millbrook, Ind., luncheonette and his family -wife Edie (Maria Bello), teenage son and kindergartenish daughter -with a gentle authority. Tom is the quiet, good-humored sort of fellow small-towners are proud to call one of their own, especially after he thwarts an armed robbery of his business by two vicious thugs. Thanks to his surprisingly adroit gunplay, they're dead and he's a hero, with a sudden fame that makes him uncomfortable. His unease escalates when some other toughs, led by one-eyed Fogerty (Ed Harris), drop in, declaring that Tom is one Joey...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cannes Diary VII: Out of the Past | 5/17/2005 | See Source »

However, it failed Amazingly, thirty-five of my colleagues bought arguments including statements that "the amendment would strangle the Council," that "attendance is not a measure of participation," that "sometimes a member has other commitments," and that "the amendment spoke against the integrity of the members" and was "kindergartenish." (from the official minutes, 11 March...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Council Attendance | 4/2/1984 | See Source »

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