It had been Otis Chandler who articulated this vision by defining the Times' sphere of influence as regional, from Santa Barbara to the border and from the mountains to the sea, and who told the readers of the Times that this was what they wanted.
And by articulating this vision, we gain greater understanding of the other later dialogues on which it rests.
It is truly amazing how the simple act of articulating this vision and committing it to paper starts to bear fruit.
Elizabeth Ammons, who is like Harrison a Tufts University professor, has articulated this vision in her book Brave new words: How literature will save the planet (2010).
Educational experts from across the spectrum have articulated this vision for the United States, including the Coalition for Teaching Quality, an entity representing over 100 civil rights, disability, parent, student, educator, and education policy organizations who have been urging both political parties and the Obama Administration to take a long-term approach to teaching quality.
"By articulating this vision for a public private partnership focused on environmental health, we have a unique opportunity to participate in creating a global forum to build awareness and education around these critical issues".
"I just kept having this nausea during that election," he said, "because that man with those cold, soulless blue eyes was articulating this horrifying vision — and there were people who were persuaded by it".
Dun's work found critical acclaim in the mid 1990s, after the publication of Vale Royal, a 700-verse poem written over the course of two decades that articulates this unlikely vision of an area that in the later stages of the 20th century became synonymous with post-industrial decline, drug dealing, and prostitution.
To do the job well requires vision, the communications skills to articulate that vision, and the ability to make people believe in the vision.
