Word: processing
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...said the Vice President isn't capable of understatement. Gore lets a half-smile play across his face, a sign that he knows he's revealing the obvious. "The back-slapping political style is not my natural forte," he goes on. "I really, really love the process of democracy. I'm inspired by it. I'm thrilled by it. I'm not exaggerating here." He pauses. "Now the election process is...a little different...
...tutoring voters during marathon town meetings), but he loathes the rest and isn't good at hiding how he feels. And it's intriguing that Gore, who is so often accused of being artificial and insincere, has his greatest difficulty with the most artificial and insincere parts of the process: bonding with the local party pooh-bahs, pretending that donors are friends, feigning affection for the media horde. "He loves the work of government but not the work of getting elected," says a former adviser. "The guy's an introvert. Putting himself out there is an act of enormous will...
...original charge. That's not to say Gore doesn't exaggerate; he does. But plenty of other people in his line of work do too. "It is not an unknown phenomenon," he notes dryly, "for politicians to tell the voters what they've done and, in the process, try to put the best face...
...dispute--naturally--since Hagelin forces have accused Buchanan of massive vote fraud. Hagelin supporters sent the FEC a six-page complaint, compiled an inch-thick sheaf of alleged evidence and were barely able to break for meals and their twice-daily TM rituals. "There has been a destructive process in the Reform Party for the past six months," Hagelin told TIME. Whoever gets the FEC's blessing won't be home free. The loser will surely challenge the decision in court. Once members of one campaign get the money, though, it's pretty much theirs to spend as they...
...past 13 months, in preparation for a film, I have been reading up on matters that relate to the conflict in the Middle East. My obsession has focused on the peace process, and I often find myself wondering, What does a successful peace deal typically require? A third-party intermediary who's firm, fair and impartial? A master negotiator? A dogged communicator with a sense of humor? Or does it need the kind of timing that exists only in fiction? It needs not only all the above but also a measure of foresight, so that a solution, any solution...