Word: populus
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...Britain. After three big defeats by Labour, even the proudest veterans of Margaret Thatcher's revolution must be wondering whether deliverance will ever come. And despite a surprisingly sparkling convention that lent a rare air of enthusiasm to the party, they have reason to worry. According to a Populus poll, 49% of British adults believe that "politics would be better off if the Conservative Party was replaced by a new right-of-center party" - as do 44% of Tories themselves. Here are three reasons the Conservatives aren't ready to come back yet. ? THEY HAVEN'T GOT THE HORSEPOWER...
Indeed, the populus have the legal forms to bring down their masters, even their renowned leader, Narcissus. He himself, unlike our own dear Imperator, is compelled to debate and argue his rights and responsibilities with the masses, who hold his future in their hands. Narcissus has no Praetorian Guard to protect him, merely a collection of sophists who toil day and night to coin the arguments, often specious, for him to make before the city’s courts...
...bomb threats and evacuations rippled through everyday populus loci like Pennsylvania Station and Time Square on Wednesday night and salarymens? midtown spires in a freshly repopulated midtown on Thursday, New Yorkers, at least, are getting a look at Phase...