. . . . . . . . . . "Reason"^^ . . . "Peripheral"^^ . . . . "A characteristic of the entity or state of affairs denoted by the Topic which explains why the Speaker is proud of the association with the Topic referent.\nHe's not a particularly great one, but he's vaunted by the Democrats as the\ngreatest threat to their party, so who are we to argue?"^^ . . .