Word: actioner
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...traumatic tradition of apartheid, have characters who speak in unfamiliar accents or unknown languages, boast no star power - the lead actor had never acted in a movie, and his costar is one of the digitized space creatures derisively called "prawns" - and bear a title that sounds less like an action movie than a highway sign. The picture might have been destined to play art houses, or to be tossed in the direct-to-DVD bin. (Read TIME's District 9 review...
...that was before conservative anxiety over health reform reached its boiling point. In mid-July, Lindsey Burke at the right wing Heritage Foundation drew attention to the home visitation initiative, calling it a "troublesome provision...that would bring state workers into the homes of young families." Action hero and conservative activist Chuck Norris picked it up from there, penning a column sounding an alarm about "Obamacare's home intrusion and indoctrination family services, in which state agents prioritize houses to enter and enforce their universal values and principles upon the hearts and minds of families across America...
...prosecutor Luis Moreno-]Ocampo alleges in his indictment that there is a complete command-and-control structure within the Sudanese government; that you are not only President but you are Field Marshall of the armed forces. And therefore you are directly responsible for every action down to the lowest enlisted man. To what degree do you control the apparatus of the government...
Until now, no specific action has been required of us in order to have these punishments removed. We were asked to sign a peace agreement to have the punishments removed. We signed, and they have not been removed. We think that the most recent special envoy's efforts, General Gration, and the new direction the American administration is taking to change the policies of the previous administration, and not to fall [to the] same mistakes -we have great hope that these efforts. And with the complete cooperation between us and the American special envoy, we will normalize relations with...
...area Democrats began to get their act together as well. Ray Tracy, the chair of the Yellowstone County Democrats, sent out the following call to action: "It's time we fight back! The Tea Party Patriots (so-called) are waging war against our President in our backyard. This Friday when President Obama comes to Bozeman, this group and a few others are planning protests. I say that we can't let this happen!" Tracy said Yellowstone Democrats who wanted to go to Bozeman would be bused in. "With your help, we can welcome Barack back to Montana and drown...