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...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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bush's Opening High Note | 1/20/2001 | See Source »

...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...

Author: By Alixandra E. Smith, | Title: Taking the (Web) Test | 1/19/2001 | See Source »

...tactic does not violate the group's rules, but club leaders said the strategy could damage the club by giving non-Republicans a say in the club's leadership. Several said they will try to change club rules to prohibit those techniques in the future...

Author: By Dan Rosenheck and Mildred M. Yuan, CONTRIBUTING WRITERSS | Title: GOP Club Members Raise Questions | 12/8/2000 | See Source »

...every step of the process, they did everything they could to simply stop that exercise," he said of the manual recounts. "Their tactic was delay...

Author: By Marc J. Ambinder, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Sasso Lectures KSG Class on Florida Ballots | 12/6/2000 | See Source »

...although prospects for such a breakthrough are receding almost daily as new waves of violence wash away progress toward a cease-fire. Indeed, parallel with his election track, Barak is still pursuing the option of sharing power with Likud leader Ariel Sharon in a national unity government - a handy tactic for both men to postpone the challenge of the election's undisputed front-runner, Benjamin Netanyahu. Either way, that's unlikely to usher in a bull market on the tiny Palestinian bourse...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: It's the (Palestinian) Economy, Stupid | 12/6/2000 | See Source »

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