Word: mantras
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Despite these evasions, Alexander's "less from Washington" mantra is not an empty slogan. Alone among candidates, the soft-spoken Tennessean goes out of his way to dampen what voters expect. No law passed in Washington, he says, can fix the social pathologies that leave eighth-graders gunned down in a Florida school or crack babies crying in a Michigan clinic. Only community action can. He wants citizens "to get off their butts...
...slowest pace in at least 15 years and scarcely enough to keep pace with inflation. One big reason: layoffs and other cost-cutting moves kept workers in line and their paycheck demands low. Meanwhile, corporate profits climbed 22% last year. In the face of numbers like those, the G.O.P. mantra--that growth alone will solve the problems of the Anxious Middle Class--can start to sound like "Let them eat the Dow Jones industrial average...
...Republican presidential campaign as a news diet. Whenever she hears Lamar Alexander say it's all going to be over by March 12, she sees me on March 13 wandering around like a zombie, mumbling the planks of Morry Taylor's platform as part of some kooky mantra...
...evening was his appeal, boisterously applauded by the Democrats in the chamber, for a "line-item veto." That was truly a show-stopper, especially for anyone who remembers the State of the Union addresses delivered by President Bush. The appeal for a line-item veto was practically his mantra, repeated over and over again in the four such messages he delivered to Congress. In those cases, however, the Democrats kept what must surely be their heart-felt enthusiasm under wraps...
...KLEIN MANTRA MOUNTAIN BIKE One early critic said it looked like a "flying knockwurst," but the Mantra has since enlightened cyclists who have actually used it. The bike's design--especially its active suspension--make it a superb hill climber. Now its strange look and hefty price have assumed yuppie chic...