Word: pulpiteering
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...possibility to the test. As soon as the server had restarted after a crash, he tried switching his username to "President_Clinton." Since Clinton (or, rather, the person typing for the President) hadn't logged on yet, it worked, and for a few fleeting instants Petro had the bully pulpit all to himself...
...office 49th out of the 50 governorships--which makes Texas "a perfectly good training ground for the [weak] Executive power of the presidency," says Bruce Buchanan, professor of government at the University of Texas. As with the President, the Governor's success depends on his use of the bully pulpit and his relationships with legislators. "Bush recognized that," says Laney, "so he wanted to work with us from...
...joke that we were joined at the hip." Sadler's task was to push control of the schools to the local level while beefing up the statewide system of standards and accountability. "Bush raised the bar on what was acceptable performance," says Sadler, "and then he used his pulpit to help pass the bill...
...women. (Islam does not allow female immams.) The United Methodists count 7,039 female ministers (out of 44,536 total). In 1999 the small Unitarian Universalist Association recorded a landmark: a ministry that is more than 50% female. Not every denomination will pack so many X chromosomes into the pulpit, but with female attendance at seminaries now at 33% and rising, ordinations will follow...
...child, Mary Fowler was deeply religious but knew women were unwelcome in the pulpit, so she settled for becoming a deacon. After working as an office manager and raising three children, Fowler "accepted the call" in her 50s. Encouraged by her male pastor, she enrolled at Howard University, where she earned a master's degree in divinity in 1997 at age 63. For the past two years, Fowler has led a congregation of 65 at Mary's Missionary Baptist Church in Washington. Her special mission: unwed mothers. Each female member of her congregation takes a mother and child under...