Word: tilting
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...covert Republican shill? Shill, yes, sometimes. Its opinion shows blatantly tilt right. The news plays straighter, though as I write I'm looking at a Fox News chyron that reads, "If Rumsfeld left amid criticism, would America be at risk?" Covert, not so much. The network famously calls itself "fair and balanced," but "fair and balancing" would be a better description: Roger Ailes repeatedly describes his news network as a counterweight, on the right, to the rest of the news media. His argument that nearly every other mainstream media outlet slants left is self-serving and mostly wrong...
...families don't exist elsewhere in society," he says. "It doesn't really matter how families are structured. The main and important condition is that the social relationship is filled with life." And watching the zest with which childless couples Rosati and Markovic and the McIntyres run full tilt at life; observing the delight that Sujata Naik and Maggie Alderson take in their daughters; visiting Felix Zavelberg's two homes; listening to Grazia Francolini's guilt-free explanation of her decision to have a child out of wedlock; discussing bread rolls with Denya Arbach-Benz; or getting to grips with...
Given the stakes and the expected closeness of this fall's election, it is no surprise that a new generation of them has mobilized in recent months. At least three groups--two that tilt Democratic and one Republican--are already generating controversy. Another, the September Fund, led by Hillary Clinton strategist Harold Ickes, is just getting under way. With the Democratic Party far behind Republicans in fund raising, this group of operatives hopes to reduce the G.O.P.'s advantage by raising $20 million to pour into advertising and other support for congressional campaigns and ballot initiatives...
...squad came away empty-handed, however, losing its second and final tilt of last weekend’s tournament to No. 17 Southern California (3-1-1) by 2-0 on Sunday...
...worst, Harvard’s non-conference tilt against the Crusaders will be a welcome reprieve after its recent off-the-field distractions. At best? Ask the media, which has favored Harvard to continue its run of dominance and win the Ivy League...