Word: whig
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...immediately subtracts at least some credibility from the rhetoric to highlight people's troubles without saying that a lot of other people are happy to see them troubled. Of course, it's not news that political documents shed credibility as quickly as possible, Republican, Democrat, Green or Whig, but some balance would be nice sometimes. Dynergy and Duke Energy, which operate plants in California, saw first-quarter 2000 profits jump 40% and 63% respectively. Exxon Mobil's net income more than doubled last year to $17.7 billion. These are not hard times for everyone...
...time, oratory was central to undergraduate life. At some schools, this tradition remains: Princeton's Whig-Clio, Yale's Political Union and Oxford's famed debating societies all host regular debates on campus, and a fair number of students participate...