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Such a distinction seems obvious, so much so that it hardly bears mentioning. And yet, this simple logic is lost on a good deal of Americans, to say nothing of Americans, journalists. In movies, on television and in magazines, 'Arab' and `Muslim' are often buzz words for gun-wielding, grenade tossing, Qu'rantoting fanatics bent on destroying the imperialist, materialist Satan that is the United States. When was the last time you saw an Arab `good guy' on your television screen...
With graduation less than two months away, a group of seniors calling themselves "The Resistance" have armed themselves with beer cans and a catchy slogan--"A day without a buzz is a day that never was"--in hopes of re-kindling class spirit...
This brings up an interesting question: what exactly is diversity? As a buzz-word, it is usually applied in terms of race and religion, but in fact, it extends almost indefinitely. One can use it in whichever way one wants. For instance, which hypothetical rooming group sounds more "diverse" to you, a triple with three Black students, or one with one Black student, one Asian student and one white student? Okay, what if I told you that the first hypothetical triple consisted of one American, one Haitian and one Nigerian, and the students in the second are all from...
...buzz Gehring created is unlikely to simmer down anytime soon. For master control genes like eyeless, which span the vertebrate and invertebrate worlds, are keys to millions of years of evolution, and scientists are already racing to find more of these revealing snippets...
...POINT IN DOLORES CLAIBORNE is its eponymous protagonist tied to a railroad track or strapped down in the path of a rapidly impending train or buzz saw. And a good thing too, for this adaptation of Stephen King's best seller (does he write anything else?) also lacks a hero, or indeed any remotely admirable masculine figure, eager to race to her rescue...