Word: platforms
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...Special Administrative Region of the mainland, as the likely first stop. Beijing last year proposed a new program, nicknamed "the through train to the Hong Kong stock exchange," that would allow individual Chinese to buy stock in Hong Kong for the first time. The city is a natural platform for Chinese investment, says Saskia Sassen, a Columbia University professor and a leading expert on global financial networks. "On one hand, Hong Kong's base is China," she says. "On the other, it's part of the global economy." Sassen recently ranked 50 cities based on their suitability as global financial...
Aides point to this pared-down platform as proof that the Mitt that won Michigan "is the Mitt he introduced himself as," Anuzis explains. "He got away from tailoring his message to different constituencies." Not unlike the storyline Hillary Clinton latched on to after her comeback win in New Hampshire, Romney did seem to find his true voice in his home state. There is no denying that he came across as more energized and focused than earlier in the campaign. Spokesman Kevin Madden asserts that the governor won because the former consultant finally shed himself of consultants: "There were...
...España!," called them "stale." Artur Mas, leader of the Catalan party Convergence I Unio, sniped, "With words like this, I don't think you'll see me singing it much." Even the conservative Popular Party, which has made the addition of anthem lyrics part of its campaign platform, could manage only a tepid response. "They don't seem bad to me," said PP congressional leader Jorge Fernández...
...Rudy Giuliani's successful record as mayor of New York City, Mitt Romney's intelligence and competence, Mike Huckabee's concern for the poor. But McCain just won more independent voters than the others in the swing state of New Hampshire. And he is the only candidate with a platform that might attract them...
...them. Voters don't like being told, You should support me because you owe me. She began taking more questions, which was a chance to unfurl her plans for everything from student loans to mortgage meltdowns. She even changed the stagecraft. At her concession speech in Iowa, the platform behind Clinton was filled by alumni from the class of '92, including her husband and former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright. It had become clear that a Clinton restoration wasn't selling and she needed a new visual. Behind the scenes as well, the casting changed. Maggie Williams, who had been...