And they hope that when all the debris is cleared, they might have another shot at answering the now infamous local question.
Though Mr. Romney devoted most of his nearly 20-minute speech to attacking the president, he began with a distinctly local question — is "Missouri" pronounced "mih-ZUR-ee" or "mih-ZUR-uh?" Though former Senator Jim Talent, who introduced Mr. Romney, had gone with "mih-ZUR-uh," the crowd cheered loudly when Mr. Romney said, "mih-ZUR-ee".
It fell to Mrs. Gladstone Gander — not her real name but a moniker bestowed by others with less money — to ask the aggressive but traditional local question: "Where are you from?" Mary Elizabeth replied, "What business is it of yours?" Where was the meekness appropriate to a woman with her past?
Hancock demonstrated the potential perils of personally addressing the media, however, when, in a newspaper interview in October, he claimed that "the tariff question is a local question," a somewhat dubious remark that seemed to highlight his lack of political experience.
This is always a local question and answers to it are bound to differ according to the specific jurisdiction in which they are asked.
Hancock made the situation worse when, attempting to strike a moderate stance, he said "the tariff question is a local question".
Hancock did not help his own cause when, in an attempt to remain neutral on the tariff, he said that "[t]he tariff question is a local question", which only served to make him appear uninformed about an important issue.
My group was made up of myself, a former Special Air Services officer, a former Army Special Forces officer, a media executive and a network of about 1,200 freelance Afghans whom we pinged whenever we needed answers to some obscure local question or reference.
My group was made up of myself, a former Special Air Services officer, a former Army Special Forces officer, a media executive, and a network of about 1,200 freelance Afghans whom we pinged whenever we needed answers to some obscure local question or reference.
