Word: rotaryism
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Previous generations had awkward phases. Woodstock? Awkward. The 80’s? Awkward. Valley Forge? I missed it, but I’ve heard things. But somehow they weathered them and went on to live productive lives. Growing up used to mean overcoming your fear of awkwardness and calling Peggy...
The food world must have had mad scientists before--whoever decided to bring fire inside the house, the guy who thought it would be a good idea to yank on a cow's udder and drink whatever came out--but none of them could have played the part better than...
Romney, by contrast, appeared before a Rotary Club on Monday with a PowerPoint presentation on his economic policy. It is relentlessly detailed, almost claustrophobic in its proportion of charts to text. The subject matter is not especially unusual for a Republican: cut government spending, cut taxes, be more competitive in...
Not that the Rotarians who turned up for Romney seem to mind. They're the types who listen when E.F. Hutton talks. They appreciate Romney's businesslike approach, even his deft way with a slide. "I thought he did a good job with the PowerPoint," Sue Pease, president-elect of...
Speaking at the Portsmouth Rotary Club meeting on Thursday, McCain had no slides, but there was beer. A cook from the restaurant hung out in the back dressed in chef's whites. And though the candidate eventually got to cutting taxes and government spending, the importance of the war on...