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The term "bully pulpit" stems from President Theodore Roosevelt's reference to the White House as a "bully pulpit," meaning a terrific platform from which to persuasively advocate an agenda. Roosevelt often used the word "bully" as an adjective meaning superb/wonderful. The Bully Pulpit features news, reasoned discourse, opinion and some humor.

Sunday, August 06, 2006

A bit of discord hits 4th

The 4th Street Jazz & Blues festival, a boon to businesses downtown for nine years, has hit some sour notes among business owners this summer.
After the music stops, teenagers in knee-length T-shirts and baggy jeans hang around, use curse words, and get attention from police. Business owners fear that the younger crowd will make older, fat-walleted music lovers forgo a late-night aperitif.


— Bertrand M. Gutierrez and Patrick Wilson for Saturday's Winston-Salem Journal

Strange. We go downtown nearly every Friday that we're here and I've never seen anything alarming going on.

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