Word: platformization
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...matter of the Kennedy School class is different from that of the seminar, Kerry spoke about foreign policy in the context of modern politics, according to Isaacs. A student who attended the event said that Kerry also spoke a bit about the Democratic Party and its framing of a platform and message for the midterm elections in 2006. Isaacs, who served as press secretary for former Vice President Walter F. Mondale’s 1984 presidential campaign, organized the event by personally inviting Kerry to speak to her classes. She said that she wears two hats?...
...story (or lack thereof) just serves as a platform for the songs, which are frequent and inspired, and the silly sexiness of the whole affair. It is hard not to be drawn into a play in which nearly all the cast members will wear the same uniform of fishnets, red heels, and corsets by the end. Producer Nina M. Catalano ’08, who is also a Crimson editor, seems to have paid close attention to details and the appropriate costume design by Casey M. Lurtz ’07 goes a long way in capturing the enchantment...
...There is much to discuss," joked Lech in an interview with Time before the parliamentary vote), look set to dominate Polish politics for the next five years. The Kaczynskis' appeal is due in large part to their promises to maintain social programs threatened by their rivals in the Civic Platform party. Civic Platform advocated radical free-market reforms to slash the budget deficit and jump-start the economy, but voters shied away from these in favor of the Law and Justice Party's more socially oriented approach. Before the vote, the now President-elect told Time he opposed privatization...
...when his long-serving predecessor Mahathir Mohamad retired. The two men could not be more different. The soft-spoken, affable Abdullah is noted for his non-confrontational, consensus-seeking style, while Mahathir was more blunt and autocratic. When general elections were held a year ago, Abdullah campaigned on a platform of change, promising to root out corruption and to introduce greater transparency in government; he and his political party, the United Malays National Organization (UMNO), won a landslide victory. Abdullah quickly got to work, postponing or scaling back several of the huge?and hugely expensive?infrastructure projects that Mahathir favored...
...called "positive message" from Democrats won't be earth-shattering. House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi last week hinted many of the ideas would be a similar to a platform House Democrats rolled out last year that called for making college tuition tax deductible, ensuring health insurance for every American child and reducing dependence on foreign oil. Other items likely to be included are greatly expanded funding for science and technology research, calls for stem cell research and good government proposals that might highlight G.O.P. ethics problems. The value of these Democrat ideas is probably overstated; although the G.O.P...