Word: preferable
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Strength and wisdom," he declared, "are not opposing values." That was his delicate version of the venomous bumper sticker: BUSH: LIKE A ROCK, ONLY DUMBER. But lest John Kerry get smug, Clinton is the guy who warned his fellow Democrats in December 2002 that voters in dangerous times may prefer a candidate who is strong and wrong to one who is weak and right...
...give both sides equal consideration in this presidential contest. Also, unlike most journalists, I'm not willing to listen to the candidates themselves. I tried that in 2000 when I went to both conventions. All I learned was that both parties love education, respect the military and greatly prefer the middle class to both poor and rich people...
...line-hating or control-loving consumers, self-serve provides a nice option. And kiosks have become more sophisticated. United Airlines upgraded its 893 kiosks this summer to offer transactions in French and Spanish as well as English. Of course, if you prefer a smile with your service--or are looking for a job as a clerk--kiosks might leave you wanting. But like them or not, kiosks are here to stay. The newest offerings...
...backstage, ?Democracy? reveals the public face of Brandt?s Ostpolitik and the inner scheming of Guillaume and the other top staffers, who are loyal but scarcely more likable. The you-break-my-neck-I?ll-break-yours pace stirs suspicions that the play is more bustling than profound. I prefer Alan Bennett?s two one-acters, ?An Englishman Abroad? (about Brit superspy Guy Burgess, who fled to Moscow after passing secrets to the Reds) and ?A Question of Attribution? (about Burgess? comrade in duplicity, Anthony Blunt, an art historian who daringly stayed in Britain and became caretaker of ?the Queen...
...give both sides equal consideration in this presidential contest. Also, unlike most journalists, I'm not willing to listen to the candidates themselves. I tried that in 2000 when I went to both conventions. All I learned was that both parties love education, respect the military and greatly prefer the middle class to both poor and rich people...