30 years ago in reason."Gene McCarthy summed up the campaign just right. Accused of being a 'spoiler,' the independent candidate said: 'If there was ever a year when it didn't matter if you spoiled things, this is it.'" --Bill Birmingham, "Quickies" "The old liberal panacea Some antidote or remedy that completely solves a problem. Most so-called panaceas in this industry, if they survive at all, wind up sitting alongside and working with the products they were supposed to replace. for solving urban transportation ills--multibillion-dollar mass transit mass transit, public transportation systems designed to move large numbers of passengers. Types and Advantages Mass transit refers to municipal or regional public shared transportation, such as buses, streetcars, and ferries, open to all on a systems--is coming into question, and market-oriented approaches to transportation are suddenly being taken seriously ... Cal Trans director Adriana Gianturco is a strong proponent One who offers or proposes. A proponent is a person who comes forward with an a item or an idea. A proponent supports an issue or advocates a cause, such as a proponent of a will. PROPONENT, eccl. law. of jitneys, noting their widespread use in Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. early in this century, until outlawed by the state under pressure from trolley car systems." --Robert Poole Jr., "Transportation New-Think" "Freedom of speech entails the right to annoy people. Unregulated Adj. 1. unregulated - not regulated; not subject to rule or discipline; "unregulated off-shore fishing" regulated - controlled or governed according to rule or principle or law; "well regulated industries"; "houses with regulated temperature" 2. video disks will create the right of the producers and purchasers of video messages to annoy anyone they wish. The production of television signals will be freed from the veto power of groups acting through the political process." --David Levy, "Video Disks: Communications Revolution" --January 1977 |
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