Word: topicalism
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...heading into Iraq. Wilson, 31, who joined the National Guard a few days after Sept. 11, has kept a low profile since the Dec. 8 town-hall meeting in Kuwait, even as his question--and a reporter's later account of his role in preparing it--became a hot topic. But in an interview with TIME last week, the soldier from Tennessee's 278th Regiment gave his first public account of the incident, saying he came up with the pointed question himself...
...happens, the tone and content of these films neatly bisected the mood of this year?s electorate. Moore?s documentary was angry, skeptical, wide-ranging, skipping from topic to topic, using comedy and sarcasm to convey moral rage; its hero was a grungy fat guy who ambushed his adversaries. Mel Gibson?s docudrama was stolid, bloody, humorless, remorseless, sticking to its micro-subject with macro implications, staying obsessively on point; its hero was a stern thin man who endured scourging and calumny in order to fulfill His mission. In other words, Moore embodied what the Right saw as Kerry...
...addition to her witchcraft theory, Oster has written extensively on the topic of AIDS...
Despite his coyness on the topic, outrage against Penn nevertheless erupted during the question-and-answer session. The first gentleman to raise his hand attacked Penn’s politics, called the movie “trash,” and then questioned Penn about whether he wears a hair piece. The interrogation riled Penn, who yelled back at the man in an irritated voice as the man was escorted out of the theatre...
...book’s topic is no laughing matter. “We have to manage the risks and the benefits, and we have to make good choices,” Thompson says. “We’ve realized that there are unintended consequences that go along with [decisions] and costs that go along with benefits and we have to figure out how to evaluate those...