Word: applaudable
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...ability to both express and claim her sexuality as she sees fit, confront the so-called radical feminists, who deny the possibility of female empowerment through sexuality, as this term is constituted within a patriarchal culture where what is sexual is what gives men pleasure. The former would applaud Rolling Stone’s cover girls for assuming control over their own bodies and asserting their freedom to be sexual. The latter would lambaste the images for reducing women’s bodies to sex objects and for commercializing female sexuality to satisfy the demands of the male consumer...
...both the Russian and Ukrainian Eurovision spots (he came in second in Ukraine and was disqualified from the Russian contest for "not being patriotic enough"). "The fact that she won is a farce," he says. "I have nothing against her personally, but her performance is nothing to applaud." He says he won't be cheering for either Ukraine or Russia. "I will be voting for Norway. Their entrant, Alexander Rybak, is phenomenal. If talent matters at all in this contest, then he will definitely...
...Madoff, Bernard • victims of applaud overdue jailing...
...thrilled that this young man who has worked so hard to integrate and succeed no longer risks the expulsion he and all illegals face once they turn18," Tusa says. "But the truth is, many illegals are also fighters trying to get through each day. And no one stands to applaud them...
...riding down the banks of the Charles on the first warm day of the spring—and the knowledge that you are frolicking entirely carbon-free. The Boston and Harvard bike-shares can make this a reality, sooner rather than later. We don’t just applaud these new initiatives; we give them a standing ovation...