Word: molds
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Costello is a conservative Democrat who doesn't fit the Democrat mold. An opponent of abortion and gun control, he also bucked the party by voting to keep the ban on gays in the military. Costello retains his liberal credentials because he is not afraid to raise taxes to cure deficit ills. Most important, he knows how to bring in millions of dollars to his district for public-works projects...
Moakley, who has devoted his career to public service, is cut from the same mold as his old friend and mentor, Thomas ("Tip") O'Neill, the former House Speaker. At age 15 Moakley volunteered for the Navy and fought the Japanese in the South Pacific. The journeyman politician hasn't fallen behind: in September, he introduced the Community On-Line Act, which would provide grants to community buildings that hook up to the Internet...
QUOTE OF NOTE: "I'm in the mold of Newt Gingrich and the freshman Republicans. We need to reform government and create more and better job opportunities...
Nelson said she sees the deanship as an excellent opportunity to mold UCLA's public policy offerings while advancing her own work in the field...
...quick, but essential, tangent: I, too, fit the mold. In my blue jeans and monochrome sweater that wasn't even light blue, I blended into the crowd just as well as everyone else. I don't exclude myself from this critique. Quite the contrary: I am writing out of concern and discouragement about myself and my friends and this campus that belongs...