Word: spoiler
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...prisoners” of an institutionalized two-party system in which parties feel that “they own the voters,” and rely on “hereditary” party loyalty. He defended himself against repeated accusations that he was playing a spoiler...
...means that in key toss-up states like New Mexico, Nevada, Pennsylvania and, once again, Florida, Nader could siphon from Kerry enough liberal votes to deliver the election to Bush. In the latest TIME poll, Nader draws a surprisingly high 5% of the vote nationally. "Ralph Nader played a spoiler role in the 2000 election, and he could just as easily do it again," complains Jano Cabrera of the Democratic National Committee. Nader says he's running because the Democratic Party is no longer any different from the G.O.P. Both, he says, are beholden to big corporations. He denies reports...
...spurned the Blu-ray consortium's advances and decided to develop their own HD-DVD technology instead. The proud victor over Sony in setting the standards of the first generation of DVDs in the 1990s, Toshiba is unwilling to meekly follow the competition. Yamada seems to delight in playing spoiler in the face of what many at Toshiba perceive as Sony's arrogance. "The way of Sony is very simple," says Yamada. "'Our format is best,' they say. 'You should adopt it,' they say. Only that. No compromise." But, he adds with a mischievous grin, "We do not think Sony...
...students might have the chance today to ask Nader about his spoiler role...
...can’t be the winner, the next best thing is the role of the spoiler, and we’re embracing it,” Tubridy said...