Word: listenability
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Stanford economist John Taylor was supposed to draft a plan by June, but that proved undoable. Meetings and memos continued all through that month and into July. Dole stopped by some of the meetings but would listen only 30 minutes or so and then leave. "We're talking and arguing back and forth, very academic," a participant in one meeting recalls, "and Dole is looking at his watch. 'You're a bunch of smart guys,' he said. 'Get something on paper.' And then he was on to the next issue." That was classic Dole: let others work out details...
...civic action could possibly be, protest, volunteer work, editorial writing and contributions to parties and candidates are more individual and personal than merely checking a box on the ballot. These acts, more so than voting, tend to promote the interests of the people because good public servants listen to effective citizens who work year-round to keep important issues visible. Imagine the problems of the election year. Common sense legislation gets lost and many politicians do their best to cater to polls of likely voters. If our aim is to be able to make a choice between two good candidates...
...when all hell breaks loose. A man in his 70s stops Bob to tell him that a mutual friend is being sent to the hospital for high blood-pressure. We race over to the nurse's station where a withered old man is trying to convince anyone who will listen that he's healthy enough to drive himself home. I'm waiting outside as Bob and others try to convince the old man to go to the hospital when a policeman approaches me. "He'd be crazy not to go," he informs me. "He's got to go," I concur...
...this year she hasn't had problems like that," Tomlinson adds. "She'll usually listen to me and respect...
...raise money for children in war-torn areas. Crow gamely attempted a duet from Mozart's Don Giovanni. Pavarotti almost as bravely launched into Holy Mother with Eric Clapton, Live Like Horses with Elton John and New York, New York with Liza Minnelli. The album's almost worth a listen just to hear him go for the big notes in "Myyyy little town blooos...