Word: pr
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Such results are commonplace in Cambridge, which uses a system of proportional representation (PR) that virtually assures re-election for incumbents. In fact, many city residents joke about the real meaning of PR--perpetual representation, they...
This November's election, however, is destined to be different. For the first time in more than 25 years, three city councillors will not seek reelection, paving the way for one of the most dramatic council races in the nearly 50-year history of PR...
...Like all PR people, these senior gift cheerleaders have no important ideas of their own in this task. But they do have the necessary arrogance to assume that their classmates--who have no income yet--are rich enough to give their parents' money to Harvard...
...celebration" Wednesday night hinted at this hypocrisy. The opening was a benefit to help the Genesis Fund, a program that helps treat children with birth defects, mental retardation or genetic diseases. Turning a restaurant opening into a benefit is quite a clever thing to do. It's a fantastic PR stunt. It's sure to be praised in every review as a generous act, giving the place a good name. And it also draws attention away from the food. People who read about the First Street Cafe will be eager to try it for its social conscience alone. After...
Daniel B. Nelson, a member of Amnesty International, said that letter-writing and petitioning are useful tools for dealing with totalitarian governments because "even dictators care about their PR. They want to appear as enlightened and as progressive as possible...It's good to call attention to their sins...