TUESDAY'S PUZZLE — The country will be voting in the presidential election soon, and while we make a concerted effort to remain apolitical here at the Wordplay offices (well, I do, but I can't speak for the emus), Alex Vratsanos is making it very difficult for us today.
A recent bomb set off in the offices of "France-Soir", the apolitical newspaper, resulted in demands by the public that the govt. do something.
An important coordinator of the effort was former Prime Minister Mugur Isarescu, the apolitical head of the central bank who was brought into office as a peacemaker in a parliamentary crisis.
Mr. Berlusconi, a skilled campaigner, has cast himself as an outsider while making an "insider" of Mr. Monti, who was lionized when he first took office in November 2011 precisely because he was seen as apolitical.
The event, which has been hosted by the mayor's office every year since the early 1990s – traditionally a non-controversial, even apolitical affair – had become embroiled in the same schism that has hung over Chicago politics for weeks.
Governor Paterson's office said only that it favored moving forward with "an expedited, transparent, apolitical and publicly accountable procurement process".
She defends CZI's apolitical approach, making allies across the aisle despite the looming specter of the Oval Office.
Christie's genius lies in his exudation of apolitical "common sense" while pursuing highly ambitious, ideologically-driven political initiatives, as he did throughout his first term in office.
"When I look at this from an apolitical point of view, I see here the second prime minister to fall in the middle of his term of office, and I'm beginning to worry that we are entering into a whirlwind of chronic political instability," said Yuval Steinitz, a Likud legislator.
