Few Tough Questions at 'Town Hall' Events
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President Bush and Sen. John Kerry talk often about the needs and ambitions of ordinary people, but neither encounters many along a campaign trail defined by the exquisitely stage-managed photo op and fortified by Secret Service agents.
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By Sarah Lindenfeld Hall, The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C.  Sep.
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By RICK COLLINS  BRAINTREE - A town meeting advisory panel surprised selectmen by unveiling a blistering preliminary report critical of how the board has handled the debate over whether to build a regional water treatment plant.
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com. In the very first question of last night&#39;s town hall debate, Sen. John Kerry was asked to explain charges that he&#39;s &quot;too wishy-washy.
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Wired's How To Wiki discusses the finer points speaking in public -- without making a fool of yourself.
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The key points from prime minister's questions in the House of Commons, from 1200 BST
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Following up on yesterday's piece about Demo-like conferences. Eric Norlin proposes that the economics are still out of whack. The people providing the value, the people attending the show, should get in for free. The demoers should pay. He has a point. In my HyperCamp proposal, that is how it works. The premise is that in 2007 everyone who attends is as much press as anyone else (everyone's a blogger) so what's the justification for some people getting in as press (i.e. free of charge) and others paying $2500.
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By Carolyn Y. Johnson, The Boston Globe  May 28--At Nantucket's Town Meeting last month, Selectman Michael Kopko  kept one eye on the crowd in the high school gymnasium and the other on the  town forum's online chat room.
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Looking ahead to 2008, here are three subjects we hope to hear more about--and a few we'd like to hear less about.
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The question is: Just what is going on at the Wellcome Collection?
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Business & money: Â· Fund chiefs stonewall on domicile questionÂ· MPs expected to demand answers next week
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Comment is free: Emma Thompson: When Tesco meets tomorrow for its AGM, it will need to answer some tough questions.
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In the coming months and the coming baseball season, there are a number of questions seeking answers.
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NEW YORK - Friday's rematch between President Bush and John Kerry proved to be a livelier affair, and a more revealing show, than their first debate.    The big difference, of course, was the town-hall format that surrounded the two candidates with 140 voters, some of whom got to ask the questions they had brought...
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With the US presidential election just a few weeks away, much political discussion centers on questions of national security and economic affairs.
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ABINGTON, Mass. - Trying to get something done at town hall can be a pain, and for one local woman it was- literally. Joanne Harding broke a tooth on a Tootsie Roll she took from a candy jar in the town clerk's office in Abington Town Hall last month during a visit to get a license for her dog.
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At a time when much of our public discussion is riddled with disagreement, there is an emerging bipartisan consensus in one vitally important area: that the challenges facing