Word: opinionizing
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...there are signs of what might be called a movement against the tyranny of charisma. "The people are voicing their opinion for another figure who can hold the spotlight like Karol Wojtyla," says Vittorio Messori, a church historian who helped focus that spotlight by editing the late Pontiff's best seller Crossing the Threshold of Hope. "But what the church needs now is structure, governance and patient service." That sentiment is echoed by a surprisingly wide cross section of clerics who think that the former Pope's flair for the symbolic gesture sometimes came at the expense of administrative housecleaning...
...given the options, they prefer to have their kids drink at home under adult supervision rather than in a park or parking lot. Some parents even play host to "tent" parties, at which they confiscate car keys and provide a place for kids to spend the night. Public opinion, however, seems to be against that approach, and state and local governments are beginning to enact laws designed to stem underage drinking by targeting adults. Adults face six months in jail, for example, under a law passed in Kansas in 2003, if they allow anyone under 21 to drink in their...
...makes me a bit more nervous than if someone like Kofi Annan were going to speak, but I can’t really make any opinion until I know what he’s going to speak about,” former Undergraduate Council President Matthew W. Mahan ‘05 said. “He could give a very inspirational speech, though...
...this column I will be a straight-talker. I won’t give you what you want to hear, but what you need to hear. This column is for you. Not so that you can enshrine my advice as gospel, but so that you can get an honest opinion. Feel free to agree with it. Or disagree with it. But, at the very least, reflect...
...more information about current events, TV news programs have changed from loss leaders and have begun to start paying their way. And as the networks have made the most of them, news shows like Cronkite's have become one of the most important and influential molders of public opinion in the U.S. Some 58% of the U.S. public get most of their news from television, reported an Elmo Roper poll last year. --TIME...