Word: consumerization
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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Gore is probably fine in Tampa, provided he gets a good turnout among blacks, Hispanics and working-class whites. Many of the Cuban and Italian graybeards who drink big, foamy cups of café con leche and talk politics every morning at the La Ideal Cafeteria and the West Tampa...
As Democrats go, Gore became something of a curiosity: cautious on social issues; liberal on civil rights and liberties; progressive on consumer matters; distinctly hawkish on national security; and obsessed with issues like global warming, which only a small percentage of the electorate put on their list of things to...
Ralph Nader seems a respectable enough individual. A Harvard Law School alum, he let his conscience lead him away from the world of corporate law and into consumer activism. Through his landmark book Unsafe at Any Speed and through his tireless efforts to ensure consumer safety and manufacturer liability on...
This leaves Nader in line with the facts, but still guilty by implication of saying that the choice between Bush and Gore will not address major issues. Yet the issues where the choice is most important--the future of a woman's right to choose, of environmental protection and consumer...
If a Bush victory will eliminate the chance for advances on these issues for the next four years, will the money linked to a five-percent vote really be a worthwhile consolation four years from now? The paltry millions allowed from federal coffers to a third party are miniscule when...