Word: tactic
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...demonstrated the hollowness of the representative ideal, the second embodied the kind of conception of democracy we urgently need. The contrast between campaign politics and grassroots organizing is particularly instructive in highlighting the follies of working within the system in order to change society. The conventional defense of this tactic rests upon its pragmatism: Based on the idea that positions of power enable the powerful to affect policy in substantive, lasting ways, the argument is that good people can rule in good ways. A willing and intelligent leader, we are told, can rescue us from all that currently ails...
These days, it seems that many Washington insiders are confused about the controversial interrogation tactic known as waterboarding. During his Senate confirmation hearings, Attorney General nominee Michael Mukasey was unwilling to take a stance on the procedure since he didn’t “know what’s involved in the technique.” Similarly, Republican presidential candidate Rudy Guiliani said that he wasn’t sure about the procedure in a town hall meeting last Wednesday, and accused the “liberal media” of drumming up opposition to the technique. We?...
...It’s something we’re all really happy with—holding off the best boat in the world for 99 percent of the race.”Harvard’s strongest and most experienced rowers typically comprise the championship four, a tactic of coach Harry Parker’s that differentiates the Crimson from the majority of collegiate rowing programs that focus their efforts on the championship eight entry. “It’s really an opportunity,” Kitovitz said. “Obviously, the college program relies on racing...
...rattled by Romney's occasional malapropisms and gaffes. The effortlessness with which he laughs off Romney's missteps (when Romney told Fox News that his favorite novel was a sci-fi tome by Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard, Madden chided breathless reporters, "It's. A. Book.") is a tactic as much as it is a natural part of Madden's personality. "With humor," he says, "you can disarm your opponent and can put things in perspective...
...poem. The station is known for its risky behavior in the past, including its decision to air George Carlin’s “Seven Dirty Words” recording (for which they were heavily fined), so maybe they’re trying a different tactic in the debate over free speech.Perhaps, by the 100th anniversary of “Howl,” we’ll be able to listen to him and Ferlinghetti in all their expletive-ridden glory. —Staff writer Kimberly E. Gittleson is the president of WHRB, Harvard?...