Word: populists
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...never heard of him, have you?) particular brief last Friday was to discuss the importance of youth to the Democratic party. The fax The Crimson received the day before the event described it as a "round table discussion"--pretty grandiose for a spin session between a semi-populist (he's from Ohio and he's not a lawyer) pol and five college reporters. Besides, it was a rectangular table...
With traditional parties like the Socialists and Christian Democrats discredited, voters are seeking alternatives. The big winner has been the Northern League, the populist movement that has ranted against official corruption for years. Founder Umberto Bossi once wanted to partition Italy into two or three separate states. Now that his party is Italy's third most powerful, he calls instead for greater regional autonomy...
...amend the mining law of 1872, under which miners may purchase mineral rights for as little as $2.50 an acre. Babbitt will ask for a royalty on the value of the extracted minerals, with a fee schedule favoring small operators. "We ought to have progressive fees to make a populist statement that it's good public policy to make sure the small guys stay on the land. We're not trying to just lock the West up and turn the whole thing into a national park," says Babbitt. Mining interests know they will have to give ground...
...DRAMAS CONVERGE IN SHAW'S SAINT JOAN. One is a political tale of a populist heroine put to death for taking seriously pietisms about God, King and country expounded by an elite that cares only about itself. The other is a metaphysical debate over whether this world has any place for the uncompromising rectitude of a saint. The shrewdness of Shaw's text -- and of Maryann Plunkett's sturdy Broadway performance -- is that both struggles are just as compelling whether the audience sees Joan as divinely inspired or as deeply deranged. The surrounding production by Tony Randall's National Actors...
...Room, the pressurized chamber in Little Rock famed for formulating rapid political parries and thrusts: James Carville, the raging Cajun strategist; his partner, Paul Begala; media maven Mandy Grunwald; and pollster Stanley Greenberg. When they failed to follow Clinton to the White House, their laser-sharp populist instincts were soon missed. Now Clinton has called them back, though just how much he relies on them remains a question. In room 160 of the Executive Office Building, aides have re-created the War Room. Around a giant table with a dozen or so phones and six television sets (as well...