Word: tenoritis
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...belief in the weapons threat at the time, Carter said, “I wouldn’t have done anything differently.”MEA CULPA? Allison may not be able to find his betting book, but some professors at Summers’ dinner discussion still remember the tenor of expert opinion before the war. “I came away with the sense that many, if not most, in the room, were skeptical of the Administration’s policies toward Iraq,” economics professor Jeffry A. Frieden wrote in an e-mail recalling that night...
...swift condemnation from the Clinton campaign and a disavowal from Obama. Power has since apologized to both campaigns, saying that the remarks were “inexcusable” and “at marked variance from my oft-stated admiration for Senator Clinton and from the spirit, tenor and purpose of the Obama campaign.” After spending 2005 and 2006 advising Senator Obama on foreign policy issues, Power continued working as a top foreign policy advisor in Obama’s presidential campaign team, publicizing issues including United Nations reform, the genocide in Darfur, and American detainment...
...Last Monday, I made inexcusable remarks that are at marked variance from my oft-stated admiration for Senator Clinton and from the spirit, tenor, and purpose of the Obama campaign," Power said. "And I extend my deepest apologies to Senator Clinton, Senator Obama, and the remarkable team I have worked with over these long 14 months...
...rotunda. But it's also an instance of an artist playing air guitar with history--making a strenuous gesture to create the impression that he's summoning a powerful reality, when in fact he's merely toyed with it. All the same, it certainly fits the apocalyptic tenor of this show. When the smoke from all that gunpowder clears, there's still a whiff of brimstone...
...most of the debate Obama, taking advantage of his front-runner status, played good, error-free baseball as Clinton tried to score on him from every imaginable direction. Beyond that, the tenor of the evening depended in part on what you were shopping for. Clinton tried time and again to draw sharp distinctions between herself and Obama, and argue that the differences matter; while Obama, turning aside most of the distinctions large or small, used his time to rise above the arguments, elevate the conversation and invoke the larger causes that dominate his campaign speeches. In this regard, Obama narrowly...