Word: populistic
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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Dean tricked out his speech--a prepared text, delivered indifferently--with references to the power of the special interests and the need to clean house in Washington. But no amount of populist cant could disguise the fact that the speech was about process, not ideas. Indeed, Dean's whoosh of a campaign hasn't featured very much creative policy thinking. Think about it: Apart from his early stand against the war in Iraq, what has distinguished Dean's candidacy from that of the other Democrats? The propellant for the Dean surge has been almost all style and process--the Internet...
...machines. Many of them seem to be located in Sydney's sprawling Star City casino complex, tel: (61-2) 9777 9000, smack on Darling Harbour and one of the city's inescapable landmarks. With its 145,000-square-meter main gaming room awash in color, noise and distraction, this populist fun palace is an apt approximation of what entertainment venues would look like if the Roman Empire still existed. When you're tired of feeding slots, you can lose some serious money at the stud poker or roulette tables, and then console yourself in one of Star City...
...even some beloved characters are not spared. When Maturin and Aubrey have to make tough decisions, you feel their pain and the confusion, pain and anger of their crewmen. Between Master and Commander, The Truman Show and Witness, Peter Weir has proven himself to be one of the smartest populist directors working today...
...Elsewhere in Europe, populist parties become part of coalition governments that blunt the sharper edges of their policies. But in Switzerland's referendum-based version of direct democracy, the SVP could use a victory as a bully pulpit from which to call for more anti-immigration referendums. "The Swiss system based on grassroots participation is a double-edged sword," says Thomas Held, director of Avenir Suisse, an independent social and economic think tank. "The danger is that the party will overdramatize the issues and frighten the voters into rejecting reforms or adopting restrictive measures, as is the case with...
Just before her 90th birthday, retired executive secretary Doris Haddock took a 14-month walk across the country to agitate on behalf of campaign finance reform. Neither arthritis, nor emphysema, nor American apathy could stop the populist activism of the woman who came to be known as Granny D. Three years later, she’s as fiesty as ever, continuing her travels, this time to get out the working woman’s vote. After a recent stop at Harvard, she took some time to tell FM about the sexy Swing State Project, getting arrested on Capitol Hill...