Word: tactic
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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Adopting a tactic employed by Al Gore '69 during his presidential campaign, Galluccio repeatedly referred to the stories of Cambridge students and residents who were present in the crowd, such as resident Olga Ospina, a working parent who was having trouble finding affordable housing...
...Even if the campaign to discredit Ashcroft cannot derail his candidacy, many Democrats hope they can build enough negative energy behind the former senator to raise questions about those who vote in favor of confirmation. That tactic may prove particularly useful, of course, during the next election cycle, when some moderate Senate Republicans will return to their liberal-leaning states and be forced to defend their vote in favor of an attorney general so violently opposed by powerful local interests like organized labor and the civil rights lobby...
...Ranking Democratic committee member Patrick Leahy, in conjunction with other committee Democrats, used a perfectly legal but intentionally frustrating stall tactic, asking for an extra week to consider Ashcroft's nomination before calling a committee vote. The stay conveniently provides Dems with a chance to dig up more information on the nominee, which they hope will in turn stoke the flames of support for a filibuster, which some Democrats, notably Edward Kennedy, consider a real possibility once the nomination reaches the Capitol floor...
...Civility is not a tactic or a sentiment," Bush said. "It is the determined choice of trust over cynicism, of community over chaos. And this commitment, if we keep it, is a way to shared accomplishment." He mentioned the word civil or civility half-a-dozen times; and he'll have his work cut out for him in trying to achieve...
...execute, provided that it keeps us as far away from the interior of Lamont as possible. But if creativity has gone the way of your clean underwear and you find yourself succumbing too often to the usual suspects--namely Brain Break and the Grille--fear not. A new diversionary tactic has hit the scene, and it's all but guaranteed to waste hours and hours of precious time...