Word: platform
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...Assistant Managing Editor John Elson, who has edited the Nation, World, Essay and Religion sections during his 30-year career at TIME. "When ethics is the heart of a matter of public concern, the story will run in this section," he explains. "But Ethics will never be a platform for any one point of view." The section will draw on editors, writers and reporter-researchers knowledgeable in law, religion, medicine, education and other appropriate areas...
Sakharov and Bonner were instantly surrounded by foreign correspondents as the couple stepped off the overnight train from Gorky at 7 a.m. last Tuesday at Moscow's Yaroslavsky Station. For the next 35 minutes, Sakharov patiently fielded questions on the chilly platform. Remarkably, few police officers were in evidence. Usually, any public appearance by a Soviet dissident is well attended by uniformed and plainclothes police, who try to intimidate journalists and passersby. This time no attempt was made to disrupt the impromptu news conference. Nor was there any police stakeout at the couple's tiny seventh-floor apartment on Chkalova...
...Philippine leader came to power on a wing and a prayer, toppling one of the world's most durable dictators as well as a whole volume of political assumptions. Her platform in a snap election was little more than faith, hope and charity. But after widespread voting fraud, the army revolted, and the masses went into the streets to back her in a demonstration of People Power. Once she was in office, the neophyte yet again confounded expectations with unanticipated toughness and political skill. In the process of both the revolution and her first year in office, she has restored...
...name. In Spanish, her first name meant "heart"; in Philippine politics, her second signified "martyred opposition," in memory of her late husband Benigno (Ninoy) Aquino, once Marcos' chief rival, who was slain on his return from exile in 1983. Cory Aquino, at 53, stood in effect on a platform of faith, hope and charity...
...plaza's most striking feature is a large abstract sculpture that sits atop a raised brick platform as though it were on a stage. The piece bears the title of one of Houdini's most famous tricks: Metamorphosis. Re-enacted time after time, the routine by now is familiar. The magician's assistant is handcuffed and placed in a sack, which is tied and put into a trunk. The trunk is in turn secured with locks and chains. The magician, standing atop the trunk, briefly raises a curtain. Abracadabra. Suddenly, the magician's assistant stands in the place...