Word: platformization
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Obviously, the show is on President Allen's side. The problem is that by giving her no party, no positions, no platform, it ends up defining her--like many strong women on TV--mainly by her gender. Sure, it would be naive to pretend that her sex would never be an issue. But real women pols are defined by their beliefs, not just their chromosomes. We have no idea what Allen stands for; she just stands against the obtuseness of men. In the pilot, she threatens military force to save a Nigerian woman from being stoned for adultery; Templeton sniffs...
...York Post, have risen to the highest levels of both companies, involving direct discussions between Time Warner CEO Dick Parsons and Microsoft chief Steve Ballmer, says a source close to the talks. Negotiations are now at an impasse over key technology issues, such as whose instant-messaging platform would be used. But a variety of proposals remain on the table, including the creation of a separately traded company. "We could take a more modest approach with co-marketing agreements," the source tells TIME, "but the bias is, if we're going to do this, let's really play...
...parliamentary and presidential elections over the next three weeks. On Sunday, Poles choose a new parliament; then, on Oct. 9, Kaczynski and 12 other candidates face voters in the presidential poll. The elections are unique because the frontrunners for president - Kaczynski and Donald Tusk, head of the Civic Platform - are both prominent Solidarity figures, and because for the first time since 1989 economics is as important as ideology in determining the outcome. "There's always been a disconnect between politics and the economy," says Witold Orlowski, an adviser to outgoing President Aleksander Kwasniewski. No party ever gets the blame...
...forced out of his job in a publishing house after the authorities imposed martial law. For years, he made ends meet by fixing cranes and cleaning industrial chimneys. He formally entered politics in 1991, joining a variety of short-lived post-Solidarity parties before co-founding Civic Platform. Once a staunch anticommunist, he has recently cultivated an image as a "moderate, liberal" politician with solid family values. Unlike Kaczynski, he eschews heated anticommunist rhetoric, promising instead to restore "dignity, honor and unselfishness" to Polish political life. And he has thrown himself into the campaign with a vengeance, stumping through...
...Chief Justice nominee John G. Roberts said in his opening statement at the confirmation hearings that he has no agenda and no platform. You know what that means? He could be the next Democratic candidate for President." --JAY LENO...