Word: populistic
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...value of religious faith, he distinguishes himself from TV evangelists and reaches a larger audience by keeping his discussion of virtues accessible even to secular readers and listeners. Reared an Irish Catholic Democrat in a broken home in Brooklyn, New York, he marries the instincts and grammar of a populist to the convictions of a social conservative. And he blends intellectual sweep with the physical presence of a prizefighter. It makes for quite a package. His speeches shift seamlessly from anecdotes told by cops and teachers, to appropriate quotations from Aristotle and Abe Lincoln. Wary of setting himself...
Western viewers expecting the delicate art films of Satyajit Ray will be in for a pleasant shock. Most Indian films are closer to the populist energy and intimate audience connection of Hong Kong films. And like John Woo's and Jackie Chan's action thrillers, Indian cinema exotically evokes the complex pleasures of Golden Age Hollywood, with its glamour and verve, its strict codes (India's censors typically allow no explicit violence, nudity or even kissing) and the cunning, seductive way it subverts these taboos...
Like Clinton, many of Morris' early clients were attorneys general, and he ran them as crusading "people's lawyers" in populist campaigns attacking rapacious utility companies and other targets. A rare pollster who can really write, he championed staccato, issues-based TV-ad campaigns that cloaked the negatives in a neutral, newsy style. "I didn't sell candidates through images," he says. "My motto was biblical: 'By their acts shall ye know them...
...rock opera Rent and the tap-dance epic Bring in 'Da Noise, Bring in 'Da Funk, in some respects stand in opposition to all that. Rent is about fighting landlords and hiv; Noise/Funk is about struggling with the Man, racist cab drivers and whitewashed history. Still, despite the populist appeal of these shows, you can see them in only one place, in one city; and--with a few exceptions--a good pair of seats is going to cost you around $140. The characters portrayed in these shows couldn't afford to see them. But then again, the same is true...
...feels like it has a chance." About 10 million Americans will be affected by the minimum wage increase. Workers taking home $4.25 an hour will make $4.75 per hour on October 1. That rate will jump to $5.15 an hour the following September. Most Republicans bitterly opposed the populist measure initially, fearing both the boost it could give Clinton in the polls and the possible harm to small business owners. Ultimately, the measure earned considerable bipartisan support after a bitter legislative pill was sweetened by $21 billion in tax breaks for small business owners over the next decade. -->