Word: alongism
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Harvard Band took the stage soon after, and the crowd sang along to catchy tunes like the Backstreet Boys’ “I Want It That Way” and Neil Diamond’s “Sweet Caroline...
...troubled orphan of the Memphis projects to a first-round draft pick in the NFL. Placed in a private, predominantly white high school on a whim by Steven’s father, Michael struggles to acclimate to the high academic standards of his new and foreign environment. While walking along a sidewalk in shorts and a t-shirt on a cold November evening, he is spotted by the Tuohys, a wealthy family in an SUV. Their matriarch, Leigh Anne (Sandra Bullock), invites him to spend Thanksgiving with her family, eventually taking him in permanently through legal adoption...
...shocking, from the affection of their interactions to their individual fashion sensibilities. We are reminded with these final scenes how closely the film follows its real-life foundation, and how dedicated it remains to its mission: to let the events speak for themselves and relish the humorous moments along...
Late-night digging along the back roads of Bastar, a dense jungle region in India's northern state of Chhattisgarh, can only mean one thing if there's nothing to show for it the next day: Maoist rebel activity. So when a group of villagers in the state's Kanker district, the gateway to Bastar, were kept awake for nights on end last month by repeated chinking from metal striking rock on a nearby road, they knew something...
...support of impoverished tribal groups and villagers. By 2001, some Naxalites had gained sway over 51 districts, and with the state response mechanism to their movements still weak, that number quadrupled in less than a decade. Naxals now operate in 223 districts, spread out over one-third of India along a vertical belt commonly referred to as the Red Corridor...