Word: powers
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2000
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...teaching at Auburn, he used what he had learned in Canton to develop the Rural Studio. Mockbee sees the studio, which is financed by the university and such philanthropic groups as the Alabama Power Foundation, as a way to train a new generation of students in his belief that "architecture is a social art. It has to function in an ethical, moral way to help people...
...main question, then, is whether we want to give power back to parties by allowing them to choose candidates and fund them (hopefully under new, stricter campaign finance laws), or whether we want to continue in the current descent towards candidate-driven elections where personality means more than policy and political extremists set the primary agenda (think Bob Jones University). Without a party to bind candidates to specific policies, clear goals and a coherent vision, candidates freewheel through campaigns on their smile, their handshake and their looks, catering to the extremists on either side before rushing to the middle--never...
Parties have been losing power as ticket-splitting voters become more prevalent. Candidates have developed their own networks of campaigners and fundraisers--primaries have become so front-loaded that a small number of voters, not party delegates, are picking candidates. Parties remain important conduits for funds to candidates, but they don't really bind them to an ideology anymore. This means that voters have a harder time deciding based on policy...
Traditional power UConn is other national contender in the northeast region. The No. 25 Huskies (3-3-1), who made the national title game in 1997, have struggled thus far with a tough schedule that includes national powers Santa Clara, Penn State, Stanford, and Nebraska. The schedule will get even more brutal when the Huskies play at Harvard on October 25th...
State-wide, however, the dearth of candidates lead to record low voter turn-outs. While some pundits said the low numbers were merely indicative of incumbent holding-power, others were disturbed by the civic implications of a non-voting public...