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House Republicans turned the groundswell of emotion loosed by abused taxpayers at hearings last month into votes for such ideas as putting the burden of proof on the agency in tax disputes and establishing an independent, largely civilian, control and review board.
Similarly, the cover editorial attributes the election results to a groundswell of American moderatism: Most people are happy, so why vote for radical changes?
"If Mr. Clinton is to avoid a groundswell of get out, he must show that he is prepared to go in with whatever force it takes, and stay in until the only guns in Kosovo belong to NATO and all the Kosovans, like the three [American] servicemen, can go home again."
At the special staff meeting called to discuss the issue of who should bare all for the good of the magazine, there was a groundswell of support for calling upon the CEO of Microsoft--but no one volunteered to make the call.
Why can't we get a groundswell going?