Through blogs, websites, magazines, fanzines, panels and conferences activists are raising their voices, singers give concerts to honour women who have been victims of killings, writers and poets condemn the violence openly and contest it with their words.
IN the coming campaign, both sides will be trying to stake out a new political vocabulary, as they contest the meanings of words like "security," "opportunity," "responsibility" and "fairness".
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By state law, New Hampshire's primary must be held at least seven days before a "similar" contest - wording that has traditionally allowed Iowa to hold its caucuses first.
And if protests in the style of the Arab Spring spread to the West Bank in advance of that diplomatic maneuver, they could turn a contest of words in New York into a third intifada in the Palestinian territories.
The contest of words reflected the degree to which both the Gore and Bush campaigns are struggling to make sure the matter that began with some errant debate preparation materials does not wind up reflecting ill on their candidates.
And who has the fortitude to take the hits under difficult circumstances and keep doing it?" It may not be known for months whether Mr. Pawlenty and other candidates taking a traditional route in the party's nominating contest — a word-of-mouth campaign that spreads through organization — will ultimately be rewarded or left behind.
— Emily Greenhouse If this year's Presidential debates — with their evasions, euphemisms, and binders full of women — have filled you with gloom about the quality of our public speech, Ben Lerner's recent Harper's essay "Contest of Words" won't make you feel any better.
In other words, it is hard to contest General Butler's conclusions.
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