Word: opinionizing
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...young man is Ernie Lemelin. Skinny, with a soft voice and still regulation-short brown hair, he's 26 and served for about 13 months in Iraq two years ago. He's cautious about his opinion on McCain's response. "I've been working a lot, I haven't had time to read much," he says, "Before I say anything, I should read the report...
...Still, opinion polls appear to show Flemish faith in Belgium deteriorating. In March this year, a survey found only 11% of Flemish backed independence. But after the coalition spat and months of government paralysis, that figure had soared to 39% by August and now stands at 43%. Unless Belgium's political leaders can rekindle their faith in each other - and revive some deft coalition-building skills - the sentiment that Flanders is better off alone could become a fait accompli...
...alone. With an estimated 150,000 Greeks, about 12% of the country's electorate, undecided ahead of Sunday's parliamentary elections and with a legal ban on opinion polling in the last fortnight of the campaign, ruling conservatives and rival socialists appear to be locked in one of the toughest election standoffs in recent history. A flurry of opinion polls published before the blackout showed the conservative New Democracy party had a slight lead against PASOK, the socialist party that incumbent Prime Minister Kostas Karamanlis toppled in 2004, ending more than two decades of almost uninterrupted socialist rule. What...
...this media creation who had fallen harder for her own myth than even her besotted admirers. As I heard people make ridiculous and wholly unfounded references to Diana's "worldwide humanitarian achievements," as I saw crowds sobbing hysterically over mounds of rotting flowers, I can't say that my opinion of the British (normally quite high) was at all improved. The only thing more bizarre than that week of maudlin lunacy is the fact that, 10 years later, some people are still obsessed by the silly creature, largely, I suspect, because they're obsessed with princess fantasies. Let's hope...
...this media creation who had fallen harder for her own myth than even her besotted admirers. As I heard people make ridiculous and wholly unfounded references to Diana's "worldwide humanitarian achievements," as I saw crowds sobbing hysterically over mounds of rotting flowers, I can't say that my opinion of the British (normally quite high) was at all improved. The only thing more bizarre than that week of maudlin lunacy is the fact that, 10 years later, some people are still obsessed by the silly creature, largely, I suspect, because they're obsessed with princess fantasies. Let's hope...