Word: slating
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...days, there were three issues--rent control, rent control and rent control," said Koocher. "It used to be that anyone who lived in a protected apartment would go out and vote for a slate of pro-rent-control candidates, but that isn't going to happen anymore...
...Alliance for Change, the Independents' umbrella group, both put together a "slate," and voters are called to vote for a particular slate in order to insure that each party's candidate gets the trickle-down votes...
...slate creates a foundation of common ideas from which the council members can begin to tackle important problems facing the city, Malenfant said...
...office, more abroad, and zillions more in video. This summer's Disney feature, Hercules, looms huge: it might make Simba roar with envy; it will surely spur the rebels at DreamWorks, under the command of former Disney exec Jeffrey Katzenberg, to draw bigger and faster on their animation slate. On TV, The Simpsons, now in its eighth superb season, begot Ren and Beavis, Duckman and King of the Hill. Disney and Warner stores sell upmarket T shirts and gewgaws based on new and classic cartoons...
...least two of the playwrights seem to be duly flummoxed by the nebulousness of the assignment. When asked what the year 2000 means, Gelbart, after some extemporizing, offers that it's a time for "taking stock." Wilson sees the millennium as offering humanity "a clean slate," although he's unsure what that might mean in practice. It will be interesting to see what these artists come up with, and whether any of their pieces will prove that this subject isn't, in fact, best handled by the makers of skin-care products...