Word: platformization
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...such pride among even secular, Westernized Iranians says everything about the political climate in Iran today and shows how Ahmadinejad has transformed himself from a lightly regarded ideologue to a national hero. In recent months the President has used the escalating standoff over Iran's nuclear program as a platform for broadening his appeal at home, framing the West as an enemy bent on weakening Iran by denying it legitimate access to technology. Indeed, many observers believe that Ahmadinejad is reacting to the masses' increasingly assertive mood as much as he is stoking it. "Before, you had people...
...only ones on the fence. Although a member of the Harvard Republican Club (HRC) attended one of the first training sessions, the HRC does not have a formal stance on transgender issues.“The issue is not addressed by the current Republican Party Platform,” writes HRC president Stephen E. Dewey ’07, “so we do not have a default position on it.”The hope is that once the issue becomes more public, campus groups will have to shift out of neutral and take a stand.SYMBOLIC VICTORYAlthough...
...That may be, but whether she can actually deliver the district to the Democrats will depend on how well she can translate her combat experience into political know-how. "My service gives me an insight that other candidates won't have, and my injuries give me a platform," she said. "But that's all it is, a platform. If there was no substance to me-[issues] like education, the health care, the jobs-I'd fall off that platform very quickly...
...clear. China's strategic stake in Iran's energy sector makes comprehensive sanctions intolerable. Russia's own economic ties with Tehran give it a similar, although not quite as critical, incentive to avoid sanctions. Just as important, both sides are determined to avoid letting the Security Council become a platform for confrontation as it was before the Iraq invasion. And though both countries are committed to the nuclear nonproliferation system that Iran is being accused of threatening, neither views Iran as as big a strategic threat to its own interests and influence as does...
...Matalin: The kids will have whatever platform they are running on, and our job is to be their mentors and strategists, but not against each other. We'll be working for each of them together. We'll help with campaign tactics and communication tactics, and help them run a better campaign...