Word: platformization
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...Harvard Republican Club (HRC) decided Wednesday night to maintain its support for the Federal Marriage Amendment (FMA), a part of the Republican-party platform that would ban the possibility of gay marriage...
Last month two members of the club drafted a proposal calling for the club to remain neutral on the divisive issue. According to the HRC’s constitution, the club adopts positions consistent with the national Republican Party platform unless the executive board votes otherwise...
...buzz about high fees is the fact that every school on Latham's list is a not-for-profit institution. In Australia, no one gets rich owning or running private schools. "Governments fund students, not schools," says I.S.C.A.'s Daniels. Education consultant Gregory Heath says that Latham's platform is "just part of the mix ... it won't swing the election." By reviving an issue that inflames passions like few others, however, Latham has made life in the social playground a little more interesting...
...They pushed me up on the [bell-ringing platform], and I was terrible,” Mary J. Hester ’08 said of her first ringing experience. “But they were really nice, and were like, ‘You should come back next week.’… I’m definitely coming back every week...
...though the bell ringers may lack the talent of the Russian monks who visited Lowell in December 2003, that’s okay; it’s loud banging, not professional skill that is prized. The regulars actively encourage the first-time visitors to go up to the platform and belt out a few tones on the 13 functioning bells...