Word: concern
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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There is "a fairly detailed list of issues the candidates and their representatives get involved in," Scardino said. He attributed this concern for detail to the conventional wisdom that the widely-viewed debates will have a significant impact on November's election results...
Reich said there is truth in these explanations for non-participation. Politicians focus on issues which concern the middle-class swing voters, "thereby fulfilling the prophecy--self-fulfilling prophecy-- of the low-income, working class people who don't vote...
...households with incomes between $15,000 and $75,000. They like Gore's economic populism--especially on issues that have got little media attention, like his plan for IRA-style savings instruments to build wealth. But because they're parents--married, divorced and unmarried--they carry a special concern for the moral climate of the country. This, combined with a distrust of Washington, makes them targets for Bush and his pitch for a "fresh start." They swung heavily to Clinton in 1996, when he married values and economics by making things like the Gingrich-proposed curbs in Medicare spending...
After their revolution, the French abolished their copyright system, but they quickly reversed course when the consequences were seen: a decline in the quantity and quality of what was published. I have a similar concern for quality in our time. Without enforceable copyright--perhaps with only advertising revenue to support the creators of content--how great will content be? The precarious financial situation of websites that are trying to create great original material should give us all pause...
...will sit on the floor. The podium will be exactly 48 inches, to match the one being used at the three debates, and tonight's practice will be held at 9 p.m. eastern to simulate the actual time next Tuesday's Boston debate will take place. There is some concern about the evening hour of the performance, since the governor usually hits the sack each night...