Word: spans
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...like Warren Beatty) will gather for four days of speechifying, seminar giving and satirical merrymaking, all on the indisputable assumption that the national press corps (and the public) will be so starved for spectacle and spontaneity that it will lavish attention on them--and their issues. CNN and C-SPAN have expressed interest in broadcasting some sessions live...
...third of the convention's tab will be picked up by organizations funded by George Soros, the international financier whose passion for ending the drug war has made him an all-purpose bogeyman for political establishmentarians everywhere. Other funding will come from foundations and individual donors across a narrow span of the political spectrum, from the center to the center left. "Transcending the old categories of left and right," after all, is a favorite rhetorical trope of liberals who are tired of being dismissed in a political culture that makes "moderation" the pre-eminent virtue. Ideological taxonomists will find...
Despite his testimonial, there is no evidence to support that moderation works--or, for that matter, doesn't work. Medical studies have consistently shown that abstinence for alcoholics can lead to improved health and a longer life-span. But those findings don't address the crux of the matter: Are all problem drinkers alcoholics? Related to that is another question: Are problem drinkers more likely to fail at moderation or abstinence...
...company's herbal products are based on Ayurvedic tenets. "I'm afraid it will discredit the system. Look at aromatherapy: everything that smelled good was aromatherapeutic." So while Ayurveda has lasted millennums in India, it remains to be seen how long it can withstand the American attention span...
...solutions that are never entirely predictable. Compare that with the cheesy four-day infomercials put on by two parties doing their best to look just like each other - just what is the difference between a "Compassionate Conservative" and a "New Democrat," anyway? - and it's obvious why only C-SPAN junkies are settling in for the duration...