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...spending," when "investment" yields a more positive vibe? Frank Luntz, the Republican pollster and focus-group guru, warns in his new book, Words That Work: It's Not What You Say, It's What People Hear, that locution can decide elections. The G.O.P. proved it in November. "Linguistically, they got sloppy," he writes. Luntz successfully promoted "death tax" for "estate tax," "climate change" for "global warming" and "scholarships" for "vouchers." Here, he gives TIME five stinkers '08 hopefuls should avoid. [This article contains a table. Please see hardcopy of magazine.] BAD WORDS WHY Listening So much for the listening tours...
...range of Christmas songs. A third of the 24 cuts are of secular songs, including a Caribbean-flavored "Deck the Halls," a "Sleigh Ride" whose percussion is horse-clop tongue clicks and a very heavily Brooklyn-accented "Winter Wonderland." Even the infectious title track has an folk-rocky vibe. Overall, though, the program is liturgical, the tone inspirational, the impact indelible...
...flow smoothly. Fans will show up, bare chests painted with letters spelling “Harvard.” The arena will be full, with students having to stand on the stairs for lack of room. The team will score quickly and often, allowing us to flow with the vibe and perform a more celebratory role after each puck sent into the goal. As the team races around on the ice, we follow the lead of the student fans and add our voice to their cries for victory...
...There was a better vibe,” said Colby Brown ’07. “I felt like this was trying to be more professional...
...Pope John Paul convened a remarkable multifaith summit in the medieval Italian town of Assisi. Muslims and Sikhs, Zoroastrians and the Archbishop of Canterbury, among others, convened to celebrate their (distinct) spiritualities and pray for peace. It was a signature John Paul moment, but not everybody caught the vibe. "It was a disaster," sniffs an observer. "People were praying together, and nobody had any idea what they were praying to." The witness, whose view undoubtedly reflected that of his boss, was an aide to Cardinal Ratzinger...