Word: mantras
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...radical,” has not worked. Republicans swept midterm elections nationwide in Nov. 2002, prompting Washington Monthly editor-in-chief Paul Glastris to offer this clear explanation for why the Democrats got spanked: “They had no message.” Specifically, the Democrats’ mantra that “Bush is a radical,” supported with tired and trite examples, did not resonate with centrist voters. Glastris suggests that Democrats should have instead focused their campaigns on alternative fiscal policies, homeland security and multilateral intervention in Iraq—all platforms more substantive...
It’s clear that even the staff has internalized Jasper’s mantra, earnestly preaching the virtues of quality food and deliberate dining. As we jokingly tell John that we are embarrassed by the amount of food we’ve consumed, he looks like doesn’t quite get the joke. “Dining is a dying art,” the veteran waiter says gravely. “People used to come in and eat. Now they rush in and are like, ‘I want that, that and that...
...offer a mantra to get jaded upperclassmen through...
...inheritor of H.L. Mencken’s tradition of journalistic pessimism. That is, in every situation, images of destruction, death and disaster are more newsworthy than the human interest story that tells the tale of Umm Qasr’s municipal elections. Frequently do we hear the mantra of violence in the press recited: antiwar activist Michael Moore, whose ilk dwells on this kind of negative outlook, retells it in Bowling for Columbine; Nancy Reagan and Lynne Cheney lament it in Congressional hearings; thousands of Americans daily note in passing one or another murder featured as the top story...
...Attitudes toward money are also changing. The mantra for the average Indian family, as in most of Asia, has always been save, save, save, but young Indians today, inspired by job opportunities, have switched to spend, spend, spend. According to KSA Technopak, Indians spent 55% more money eating out in 2002 than the year before. They're also more willing to take on debt. In the past two years, the number of new credit cards issued has jumped 25% annually, and new mortgages...