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...think the FLA is a sham," said Yale senior Amanda E. Bell, one of the organizers of yesterday's rally. "We think it's a public relations ploy by corporations. We would like to see Yale take a moral stand [by withdrawing...
When did innocence become so trendy? With the rise of bubblegum pop and teenage purchasing power, reasserting one's virginity is all the rage. It's a tricky little marketing ploy--and as long as no one knows you're lying, it seems harmless, right? Unfortunately, the recent born-again virgins aren't particularly convincing. Case 1: Enrique Iglesias. Enrique is 24, a superstar in virtually every country, and he has women crawling all over him. And still, he claims that he's looking for the right woman to marry and with whom to have his "first" sexual experience. Pluhheeasssee...
...real farmer guest-star at the Iowa debate. And his campaign decided that the best way to blunt Bradley's criticisms of him as an Establishment politician was to extend a hand to Bradley on national TV and challenge him to quit advertising and debate more instead. "A ploy," Bradley said disdainfully, and the pundits agreed. But at a time when television in Iowa and New Hampshire has become a wearying loop of campaign ads, polls and focus groups in those states showed that voters loved Gore's idea...
...Gore has proposed that he and Bradley cancel their 30-second ads and instead meet every week to engage in another "debate." When he hears that, Bill Bradley rolls his eyes and shakes his pelican chin, and calls it "a ploy...
...ploy. It's an idea so hideous that Gore cannot possibly be sincere in proposing it. Did you see Wednesday night's event in New Hampshire? Gore and Bradley have perfected their performance. They sound like a guy and his brother-in-law who are forced to get together at Thanksgiving and for some reason - old family history, or maybe it's that one of them beat out the other for president of the student council a long time ago - cannot refrain from whining at each other, just this side of nastiness, as they split hairs over health care...