firehouse primary n.— «The nature of the caucus, or as it is sometimes call the “firehouse primary” because voting takes place in an open room rather than in a closed polling booth, requires more personal, diligent grass-roots...
pig in a python n.— «The intense pressure to raise money comes from various sources. One of the most important is the doubling of caucuses and primaries from nine to 18 in early March 1988-a series of post-Iowa and New Hampshire contests...
rising vote n.— «It turns out that an election consisting of what’s known as a “rising vote”—in which committee members stand and are counted for the candidate of their choice—is a bit too heavy-handed, even for a party...
6,000-mile screwdriver n.— «Military command-and-control systems are said to provide commanders with six-thousand-mile screwdrivers.» —by Lee Sproull, Sara Kiesler Connections: New Ways of Working in the Networked...
stuffocate v.— «Thoreau, a lover of words, might have been amused by a new expression, “stuffocate,” that describes the modern American dilemma of being blanketed by too much stuff. The coinage gained currency a couple of years ago during...
belly button n.— «The advanced collective skills organization will focus on the needs of Ml units in the field. It will develop and export common scenarios, lead the Intelligence Center’s distance learning development, and develop and...