Word: alienment
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...located on the road connecting ExxonMobil's facilities and the city of Lhokseumawe. The troops in that camp are paid out of funds the company provides as part of its agreement with the Indonesian government. The group plans to argue that the company is liable under the centuries-old Alien Tort Claims Act, which allows companies to be sued in the U.S. for wrongful acts committed overseas...
...best moments, Wilson led his actors in gleefully breaking down the fourth wall and succeeding with difficult physical comedy, which many Harvard actors find alien; Wilson’s staging of the show’s legendary opener, “Comedy Tonight,” as well as the romp, “Everybody Ought to Have a Maid,” were particularly impressive...
...Andersons and David Hasselhoffs of the world. Like vampires, we sucked our Pepsi contentedly from our lair and cautiously applied a second layer of Coppertone. I felt compelled to shout out something in a British accent to the nearby tourists who were ogling us in order to justify my alien behavior...
...Would Tung have called Buddhists "evil cultists" because some monks had committed self-immolation? Would he have banned Buddhism? Before answering, he and his supporters would do well to ponder the following. Communism is as alien to China as Catholicism was to Vietnam?both are European in origin. By contrast, Falun Gong's teachings, however simplistic and superstitious, are rooted in three ancient Chinese traditions: Qigong, Taoism and Buddhism. Those in China who still profess to believe in communism are as small a minority as Catholics were in Vietnam. Perhaps a few Falun Gong followers did burn themselves to death...
...stressed the seriousness of existing world problems: the growing wave of alien smuggling, the spread of AIDS, and the persistence of female oppression across the globe...