Word: platformization
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...constant surveillance by the FSB, the state security agency, and growing concern for his safety while in the Ukrainian capital. Now - presumably free to speak the truth, although his wife and family remain in Russia - he explained that it had all started late in January. Rybkin's election platform, published that month, made peace in Chechnya his top priority (he was involved in negotiations to end the first Chechen war in 1996, and since the second war began in 1999, he has regularly called for talks with the rebels, something Putin opposes). Shortly after it was published, a Chechen acquaintance...
...gentry still have front porches (some skirting three sides of the house), still sit out there and gas, keeping alive the oral-communal tradition. We learn that the porch is making a comeback, gradually replacing its humbler rival the deck, which the traditionalist Dolan refers to as ?the platform shoe or leisure suit of American architecture...
...work. Auditions for the cast and orchestra were held in early October, and rehearsals began soon after. Blocking, the process in which the stage director works with the singers on movement and acting, occurred in intense daily rehearsals over intersession. The stage that consists of a four-foot tall platform in Dunster dining hall will be erected the week of the show...
Mahan and Council Vice President Michael R. Blickstead ’05 published a remarkably thorough and far-reaching campaign platform, which included one point that sufficiently addressed their vision for the curricular review process. The editors’ conclusion that this issue is a low priority for Mahan is illogical and unfair. (After all, this is the only Crimson staff editorial this academic year devoted to the curricular review, which is clearly a high priority of the editorial board...
...council has to do more than just pass resolutions, or else its work will be ignored. Council leaders must forge ties with the committees that will eventually make policy recommendations and lobby hard for the council’s platform. The administrators, faculty and students on the committees will not pay attention to the machinations of student government unless council members drive the message home personally...