Word: populistic
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Presidential candidates don't think about those sorts of things. They're scheduled for the barber; they go; someone pays. Sooner or later, the public will have to make a decision about whether Edwards--with his haircuts, 29,000-sq.-ft. house and lucrative hedge-fund employment--walks the populist walk that he talks. For now, though, let's give him the benefit of the doubt and say, furthermore, that it's a very good sign that Edwards has responded to the haircut fluff with self-deprecating humor rather than defensiveness or abject apologies...
...world, mending fences after the arrogance of the Bush years. "After Iraq, there's going to be a temptation for us to withdraw from the world and deal with the problems here at home. We can't do that," he says. That's also a courageous statement, given his populist constituency, which tends toward isolationism...
...Leader is careful to accommodate the popularly elected President Ahmadinejad. For example, while the recent compromise with Britain over the 15 Naval personnel captured at sea may have been brokered in substantial part in talks between Larijani and key British officials, it was Ahmadinejad who got to do the populist grandstanding in the ceremony accompanying their release...
...Hope in an Antihero Mexican President Felipe Calderón projects an antihero image that contrasts sharply with the populist Presidents in Latin America [March 19]. It means that there is hope for Mexico to achieve social and economic growth without ruining its future. Rogelio Pardo-Evans, SAN JOSE, COSTA RICA...
Mexican President Felipe Calderon projects an antihero image that contrasts sharply with the populist Presidents in Latin America [March 19]. It means that there is hope for Mexico to achieve social and economic growth without ruining its future. Rogelio Pardo-Evans, SAN JOSÉ, COSTA RICA...