Word: patting
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That might have come naturally to Dole; but instead he tried something harder. He tried to change. For the entire first half of the race, his fear of Phil Gramm and Pat Buchanan was enough to shake his faith in running as himself, a pragmatist against the ideologues, one who was willing to "downsize government, [but] not devastate it," as he said in May 1995. When Buchanan started peeling the paint off the walls with his talk of America's greedy corporations, Dole was suddenly George Meany, denouncing corporate layoffs. Soon his campaign was a battleground state...
...these things happening to the Latino community? To answer that question, one should ask "Why is the Latino community letting this happen?" In this presidential year, the candidates are paying very little attention to Hispanic issues. Other than Wilson and Pat Buchanan, both also-rans, no presidential candidate has tried to address the issues inherent in Proposition 187 and its aftermath. The reason why the candidates have successfully skirted the issue lies in one simple fact: Hispanic, on the whole, do not vote. Despite being a considerable minority (and in some states,such as California, the largest minority), Latinos...
Helping Pergolotti will be defensemen captain Pat Brownlee and Cory Bilodeau. Scoring, however, looks to be the major obstacle facing this team...
While most children seemed perfectly content to race across the Quad, Hamilton stood pat, asking what the winner's booty would...
Commanding the stage in a barbershop quartet-style outfit, Boston soloist Christopheren Nomura accepted the challenge to make a few more female hearts go pitter-pat. However, Nomura simply could not consistently execute the intense and virile baritone sound required by these haunting and often histrionic ballads. Famous for his smashing successes on the interntional vocal scene, the young singer has been praised for his smooth, "lean" sound. Perhaps such high expectations made Sunday's performance a tad disappointing. It seemed as if Nomura were holding back, afraid to overpower the audience with the full weight and resonance...