Word: mantras
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...David Cameron: Yes, labels are often misleading or unfortunate, but I always thought the label "modern, compassionate Conservative" was a good mantra. Modern, because I think the Conservative Party has always been a party about the future and the changes necessary to take advantage of current circumstances, and the party needed to modernize. Compassionate, because conservatism does have a lot to say to me about helping those people who can get left behind. But Conservative, because we believe that if you trust people and give them more power and responsibility over their lives, you get a stronger society. So that...
...That’s the situation of Robert (Joshua C. Phillips ’07)—whose friends’ mantra when inviting him to dinner is “It’ll just be the three of us!—in the Stephen Sondheim musical “Company.” Directed by Jennifer L. Brown ’07, music-directed by Mark P. Musico ’07, and produced by Kara E. Kaufman ’08, the play tells the story of five couples, three ex-girlfriends and Robert...
...report has, in the respect of discrediting the Bush mantra, so far proven successful: The Texas swaggerer has finally emerged from his stark state of denial and admitted during the first weeks of December that “stay the course” is no longer a viable option. The President is now (finally) open to new options as he seeks to craft “a new way forward.” Whether the White House will listen to the ISG report and other suggestions remains to be seen, but at least debate on the topic is unfolding...
...there." Seasoned military people suspected that the line was a dodge--that the civilians who ran the Pentagon were testing their personal theory that war can be fought on the cheap and the brass simply knew better than to ask for more. In any case, the President repeated the mantra to dismiss any suggestion that the war was going badly. Who, after all, knew better than the generals on the ground...
...Crimson head coach Katey Stone’s consistent mantra only proves the point: “The main focus is ourselves...