Word: panderer
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Mideast trip by calling a Palestinian state "inevitable." Last Friday she penned a letter to a leading Jewish group unequivocally declaring Jerusalem ? which both Israelis and Palestinians claim as their capital ? the "eternal and indivisible capital of Israel." Hillary?s first flip-flop? "More like an obligatory pander," says TIME senior writer Eric Pooley. "The two things aren?t mutually exclusive ?- this just means the Palestinian capital wouldn?t be Jerusalem." Pooley figures she?s done minimal damage ? with the peace-minded Barak in power in Israel, New York?s Jewish and Arab communities are both in an accommodating mood...
...humor and emotional acuity in the setting of a coming-of-age movie, in this case the coming of age of Luca. The film engages the audience's sympathy without being mawkish. Unlike Zeffirelli's immensely popular 1961 production of Romeo and Juliet, Tea with Mussolini does not pander to a specific audience. It manages to convey the struggles and foibles of its characters with economy of sentiment and love...
...humor and emotional acuity in the setting of a coming-of-age movie, in this case the coming of age of Luca. The film engages the audience's sympathy without being mawkish. Unlike Zeffirelli's immensely popular 1961 production of Romeo and Juliet, Tea with Mussolini does not pander to a specific audience. It manages to convey the struggles and foibles of its characters with economy of sentiment and love...
...Harvard Radcliffe Dramatic Club--or "HRDC" to those grooving to the bongo beat of thespian bohemia--are a talented, largely self-appreciative society of entertainers. Much like your humble narrators at FM, these players pander to the cultured, frolick-loving Harvard masses with affordably priced, all-you-can-eat entertainment...
Gore deserves credit for speaking his mind and refusing to pander to the union. It's just that he speaks his mind so badly. And despite the differences Gore and the union have had over trade, this was hardly the reception you'd expect party stalwarts to give a front runner so invincible that he's scared every Democrat except the former New Jersey Senator out of the race. Gore is rapidly locking up party support and endorsements (Senate minority leader Tom Daschle last week, House minority leader Dick Gephardt two weeks ago); his potential challenger from the left, Jesse...