Word: approaching
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...Bill Bradley's run, and what does his pullout mean for the Democratic Party and the general election? Bradley ran to the left of Al Gore '69, appealing to the more traditional Democratic Party constituencies. Centering his platform around liberal themes, like universal health care and an activist approach to race relations, Bradley hoped to galvanize support amongst Democrats and independents to unseat Washington-establishment candidate Gore...
...affairs, Chen, speaking in a post-victory speech in Mandarin as a seeming display of respect to China, said he wouldn't hold a national referendum on declaring Taiwanese sovereignty. Meanwhile, Beijing refrained from military action, and issued a statement saying it would take a "wait and see approach" to Chen's policies...
...Chen, who only garnered 39 percent of the vote, probably needs to take a wait-and-see approach as well. Chen's victory, which displaced the only ruling party Taiwan has ever known, was a product of timing - he was able to capitalize on a schism that emerged in the Nationalist party in the months before the election. What's more, concerns about a Chinese attack were softened by the fact that Beijing hopes to win both permanent Most Favored Nation status with the U.S. and membership into the WTO in the coming weeks, and is leery of any acts...
...certain degree, this campus is in love with having the same conversations over and over again: how the Core is as screwy as a Kennedy family reunion; how blocking groups ought to approach the size of small European nations...
...task for his past offenses, both spoken and written. There are certainly plenty of these, and bringing them to light is a legitimate tactic of criticism. But, for some reason, those at yesterday's address felt compelled to employ what I can only describe as a carpet-bombing approach. Rather than rationally probe Buchanan's extremely vulnerable ideas, each questioner, in their turn, would simply let out a maelstrom: "Mr. Buchanan, in 1977 you wrote 'x' about the Jews. In 1983 you wrote 'y' about black people. In 1986 you said 'z' about women. Please respond." The effect, and apparently...