Word: moralizes
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...name of Clinton's chief campaign guru) are shorthand for the proposition that Clinton's apparently winning re-election strategy is essentially to become a Republican. Clinton's conservative opponents see this as both an explanation and a consolation: even if he wins, they are prepared to claim a moral victory. There is obviously something to this, but there is a large pshaw factor as well. "Capture the center" is the usual game in politics, and Republicans have played it skillfully over the years. Once again, there seems to be a feeling that for a Democrat to play it just...
What he asked them to do was stand there and think. And that is a lot to ask of a delegate surrounded by guys in elephant hats. But the most interesting part of the speech's bravery was its high moral seriousness; it attempted to address what really ails America. And it did so while rejecting the florid optimism of political speeches and asserting instead that America is in trouble because of the way modern Americans have been living their lives. He scored the small corruptions of our lives, of ambition and unthinking selfishness that damage first individuals, then...
...Satanic smell, a Yippie genius' brew that simulated vomit, decomposing flesh, death, cloaca and kindred flavors. It was what evil would smell like if it were available in an aerosol can--bad enough to make the South Side stockyards, next door to the convention, smell almost wholesome. This exotic moral stink had drifted halfway around the world, after all, from Vietnam...
...does Washington believe it can set legal and moral standards for the world? In part because Americans have always felt themselves uniquely the standard-bearers of democracy and Western ideals and in part because they like the role of sole remaining superpower. "We have historically thought of American values as being universal," says Harvard University political scientist Samuel Huntington, "and ones we have the responsibility and obligation to induce other societies to accept." Or as Kantor puts it, "The U.S., as the most powerful economic and military entity on earth, needs to provide leadership. I would hope and expect...
...appeals process plays out, probably in mid-1997. President Kim must weigh the effect on public opinion of clemency or pardon, TIME's Kim notes, because his party faces national elections next December. "One legal scholar said that if President Kim abused his right to grant clemency, then the moral lesson taught by this trial would be useless." But there are many who feel some sympathy for the men. Given that division, clemency may be part of the healing process. Scot Woods