Word: platformization
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...this crisis of faith that makes the recent debate within the Republican party so interesting. Pro-choice Republicans have been making noise lately, arguing that they should not be silenced. Currently the party platform is explicitly pro-life and leaves no room for dissent...
Participants asked why Lebanon would still want to make peace with Israel, whether Hezbollah's activities in southern Lebanon were legitimate and if the destruction of Israel was still part of Hezbollah's political platform...
...Herrnstein, Murray and D'Souza argue that the academic rigors of society and Americans' competitiveness is decreasing because of the large number of undesirables and unqualifieds entering universities and jobs all around the country at the expense of bright whites and Asians. The argument reminds one of the segregationist platform in the 1950s and 1890s which argued that allowing black children to be educated in the same schools around white children would denigrate them intellectually. The true intent, during those times and during our own, is to keep as many African-Americans and Latinos as possible outside of places deemed...
...pair of glasses or a raincoat serves as the only distinction between two completely different characters.) Lingering meathooks from the set of the Hasty Pudding Theater's other ongoing production, "Slaughter City," glower alarmingly over the stage, while "California Seagull's" only set consists of a low wooden platform which serves alternately as a stage, a dock, a bed and a desk. All this minimalism suggests an appeal to raw drama, a going back to basics--even a reinvention of drama a la Konstantin...
WASHINGTON, D.C.: The GOP's internal debate over abortion heated up when California Governor Pete Wilson said Monday that he would work with New York and New Jersey governors to remove the anti-abortion plank from the party's platform at the Republican national convention. The words put Bob Dole's California campaign manager at odds with the GOP nominee. Dole has said he has no intention of changing the Republican platform in regards to abortion. Wilson dropped this political bomb on the putative nominee during a Washington visit to testify before a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on affirmative action...