Word: mainstreamers
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Still, the Senator is looking more and more as though he could be the mainstream G.O.P. man. He won points in 2004 for the energy with which he campaigned for Bush and for his unwavering support of the Iraq war. His reformer credentials could help inoculate Republicans from the growing ethics scandals in Washington; his efforts to curb Congress's practice of slipping lobbyist-sponsored earmarks into spending bills have put him on the same page as those in the party who are most alarmed over how the deficit has exploded under Bush and the Republican Congress. McCain's public...
McCain's strategists say that while the party establishment is softening toward McCain, the candidate has not changed. Says one: "The Republican mainstream is shifting, and all of a sudden, John is in it." Surely no one could be more surprised than McCain by how things turn in politics: the scourge of the Establishment is finally finding love in the G.O.P.--and it's coming from the people who write the biggest checks...
...could say the category's voters (316 animation professionals) were in synch with this year's overall Oscar mood: ignore the mainstream hits, and reward quality work in the little films. (Hi there, Brokeback Mountain! Bye-bye, Narnia!) But the resentment of cartoon veterans toward the CGI style that put them out of business could play a part. "A lot of animators are older, and computers have a stigma," says Tim Miller, creative director of Blur Studio, which copped a nomination last year for its short Gopher Broke. "I hate seeing political motivation influencing what's chosen." Perhaps the main...
...that is all these sections are: scholarship intended for historians specifically studying Jefferson. That is not meant as an insult. But in a time when historical biographies have become mainstream, nightstand literature—David McCulloch’s 2001 Pulitzer-Prize winning “John Adams” for example—Burstein does not deliver...
...singer; where Murdoch is silky-smooth, Jackson’s singing sounds distractingly strained. “The Life Pursuit” probably isn’t the big-time hit that Belle and Sebastian deserve, as their new, more mature sound takes them another step away from the mainstream. Still, the new LP has plenty of hummability. If you’re a fan of the band, you should buy this album for “Sukie” alone; it’s a fun, sassy, organ-driven romp that’s destined to become a staple...