Word: partisanship
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...then I overruled them." Iacocca's acquisitiveness seems somewhat at odds with his opinion of what is wrong with corporate America: merger mania, for one thing. He excoriates raiders and corporate chiefs who wage expensive takeover battles, leaving companies bloodied and indebted. He also faults political leaders for shortsighted partisanship: "All we do is finger-point." He particularly chides President Reagan, whom he describes as a "warm and wonderful human being," but "totally incapable of focusing in on any issue...
...there a consensus? No. Despite agreement that Washington must do something, the question of what ignites differences that burn beneath mere partisanship to issues of deep ideology. For example, should the Government be encouraging women to work and turn their children over to someone else's care? Thus child care is potentially one of the hottest topics of the presidential $ and congressional campaigns. Unlike debates over the budget or trade policy, this one hits millions of voters directly where they live. "The issue of child care is politically ripe," says Secretary of Labor Ann McLaughlin, who has almost single-handedly...
...baseball encourages, maybe even requires, extreme partisanship. That's because baseball is a family sport as much as it is a regional one. It's not unusual to discover Tigers fans in California, Cubs fans in Washington or Brooklyn Dodgers fans...
...perhaps the last of the breed, he never lacks new challenges. His predecessors, all the great political bosses and power brokers of the past -- Daley, Meany, Rayburn, Johnson -- are gone now, their reputations eroded by the winds of calamity and reform. Yet if today's prefab candidates and queasy partisanship make some voters long for the old smoke- filled rooms, they can take heart: the legacy of the backstage impresarios lives on in Strauss...
There are limits. Blatant partisanship can lead to a written warning or suspension. But as long as judges assess competitors from their own countries, using their own perspectives, a completely fair judge will be as difficult to find as a 6.0 skater. Or an unbiased spectator...