Word: opinions
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...certainly useful. In the 1980s, the U.S. political leadership in both parties has become more and more concerned with image and less and less involved with policy innovation and change. The decline of substance in favor of appearance has turned political leadership into static "followership," where politicians use opinion polls and television rather than their consciences to determine what they think. This problem can be solved only by politicians who measure their success by how much they have educated their constituents, instead of how often they are reelected...
...improving U.S. foreign policy will be to have leaders who are open-minded about policy, willing to listen to those who disagree. Leaders can learn a lot from a dissenting opinion...
...concern is that this is all a matter of opinion," Lichten said. "One person's opinion of what is dark is not another person's," he said...
Another student said he respected Clark for his receptiveness to student opinion. "He listened to us, talked to us and really cared about what...
...over billions of dollars' worth of U.S. properties ranging from RCA Records to Scientific American magazine. So far, their intentions have appeared to be strictly business. But what if a foreign communications kingpin were secretly working for the KGB as part of a diabolical scheme to influence American public opinion? And what if this media mole were to get his claws on the most ^ powerful U.S. communications company? That is the provocative premise of Agent of Influence (Putnam; 416 pages), an intriguing merger mystery by David Aaron, author of the best-selling 1987 spy thriller State Scarlet...