Word: platformization
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Texas Gov. George W. Bush's negotiations regarding the debates may have been a transparent attempt to avoid a well publicized debate with Vice President Al Gore '69. But Gore, in refusing to debate with the minor party candidates is refusing to engage the harsh criticism of his platform that the minor parties represent...
...acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention, were but meager inspiration for one of the most politically uninvolved generations in history. The phrases were unremarkable--making new the life of the world gets repetitive every four years--and seemed out of line with a family-centered rhetoric and platform that paid little attention to young adults...
Soon Fu was skimming so close to the board during her dives that her short hair sometimes brushed the end of the platform before she sliced into the water. She saw her parents once a year. Occasionally they would come to diving meets in her native Hubei province, and Fu would scan the audience from the platform trying to locate them. Usually, she knew they had visited only by the care packages her mother left in the locker room...
...Mexico Governor Gary Johnson, a Republican, is a notable exception. An outspoken advocate for legalizing pot, Johnson is also a tri-athlete who maintains steady popularity ratings in his state. And while most Americans probably aren?t quite ready to embrace Johnson?s platform, there are plenty of compelling arguments to be made for legalizing medicinal marijuana use. We just have to get our fingers out of our ears long enough to hear them...
...Republican Convention was a rubber-stamp, candidates-in-place and platform-all-but-cast-in-concrete event [CAMPAIGN 2000, Aug. 7]. The words in George W. Bush's slogan, compassionate and conservative, are mutually exclusive. Conservatism suggests that one must leave well enough alone. That is in total contrast to compassion, which requires a liberal approach to problems and sensitivity to other people's needs. DAN GOOR Colorado Springs...