Word: capitulationism
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Before the capitulation to New Zealand in the Tri-Nations final on Nov. 26, it had been 27 years since Australia had lost a rugby league series or tournament. Bennett knows the game backwards, but in England he seemed to forget some immutable footballing truths, like selecting sides based on...
Many in the media world quickly criticized the move as a capitulation to government pressure that could scare off future sources. "I can't think of a time," said Lucy Dalglish, executive director of the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, "when a news organization has done something like...
Coke's decision brought forth a joyous response from soft-drink fans across the U.S. Said Karen Wilson, 28, who last June led a rally to protest the new Coke in San Francisco's Union Square: "At first I was numb. Then I was shocked. Then I started to yell...
With all that said, it remains a little perplexing to the international community just how willing this country is to go to war to spread liberal, democratic values and capitalism and how little it does to spread them by offering them the olive branch of free trade. Embargoes have been...
The Fallujah capitulation may be key. Let's say that U.N. envoy Lakhdar Brahimi successfully names a transition government. Let's say the U.N. Security Council ratifies that government. The first priority of the new government could be to build legitimacy with the Iraqi people by separating itself from the...