Word: question
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...most telling moment in the debate came during a question on affirmative action, when Bush said that he was against quotas but for "affirmative access." When Gore challenged him, asking what that meant, Bush simply replied that he was for "what I just said" and then turned to moderator Jim Lehrer for a lifeline, protesting that Gore wasn't following the rules of the debate...
...terms of style, Bush occasionally lost track of the question, offered answers without specifics or seemed to turn to technicalities in order to eschew Gore's attacks. Gore, on the other hand, came across as a skilled debater with a powerful, but not overbearing, control of the facts. Luckily for the viewers, he managed to avoid the numeric quagmire he encountered in the first debate, instead using compelling and memorable comparisons to illustrate his points. Yet Gore did occasionally fail to answer the question he was asked, although he was generally able to return to the subject later...
...Crimson didn't consider more thoroughly what our colleague, Mohammad T. Nezam-Mafi, had to say about how "limiting" it was for an instructor to be expected to teach only what he "represent[s]." By not doing so it lost an opportunity to reflect more responsibly on the important question of what we want when we demand "diversity...
After reviewing a total of 22 ads that were aired over a two-week period in battleground states such as Michigan, the consultants, who are often diametrically opposed on any political question, agreed that the advertisements were by all standards lacking in emotional appeal to voters...
...mean, she was only 16 at the time and now she's a student at Harvard, so I assume she would no longer take this view," Ozick added during the question and answer period. "I just found it so amazing that she could say 'It's funny.' She was so far from who she was portraying. There's no insight at all into the character...