Word: alien
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...played by Halle Berry on the big screen. When asked why he worked in comics rather than another art form, he said, "Where else can you blow up entire galaxies, or hurtle through space on a tiny surfboard, or travel to other dimensions, or meet the most outlandish alien beings, on the minuscule budget we get to work with...
...Only an alien would have made Richards’ mistake. In this universe, the n-word is completely off limits to anyone who is not black. In fact, it is so explosive that non-blacks as well as many blacks shun the term and feel the need to use a euphemism, namely “the n-word,” in its place...
...illegal-alien protesters are waving Mexican flags, and we just got tired...
...Pope's visit to Turkey presents an opportunity to put forward the true terms of the debate over the relationship between Islam and the West. First, it is necessary to stop presenting this visit as if it were a trip to a country whose religion and culture are alien to Europe. Selective about its past, Europe is becoming blind to its present. The European continent has been home to a sizable population of Muslims for centuries. While visiting Turkey, the Pope must acknowledge that he is encountering not a potential threat but a mirror. Islam is already a European religion...
...Western norms. The death penalty fits into this final category. While it is the U.S.’ sovereign right to execute its inmates, and there is disagreement among philosophers as to the morality of capital punishment, it was still uniformly denounced in class as an abominable practice, somehow alien to Western norms. The seminar, then, employs ever-shifting criteria by which to gauge U.S. foreign policy, ensuring that almost every U.S. action is soundly criticized. This chameleon critique means that, should a student have the temerity to defend the United States on certain grounds, Professor Scott will always...