Word: chickening
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...when the Obama Administration announced it will slap tariffs of as much as 35% on Chinese-made tires, effectively pricing them out of the low end of the American market. Two days later, China's Ministry of Commerce said it would start antidumping investigations against imports of some U.S. chicken products and auto parts. Though the ministry's announcement made no mention of the tire tariffs, the timing of China's action appears as an eye-for-an-eye reaction to Obama's decision. On Monday, China sought talks with the U.S. through the World Trade Organization to resolve...
...recent ad campaigns. PETA, whose Wikipedia page has probably been flagged for bias as often as the one on Scientology, is no stranger to controversy and the absurd. In their fight to protect animals, they have done everything from hurling paint on old women wearing fur to distastefully comparing chicken farming to Nazism and the Holocaust.With the rise of ubiquitous internet media though, PETA has refocused their attack on the mediums with the highest hit count: pornography and viral videos.Whether the cause be “Don’t Wear Fur” or “Don?...
...next time you pass out on that toilet bowl throwing up luscious chunks of HUDS popcorn chicken after a long night of regrettable, irresponsible drinking, comfort yourself with one thought: you’re probably not suffering from “drunkorexia...
...attention of her friend, who was taking part in it. “Let’s discuss our lives,” Shields called out. “I’m going to five hours of class, and you’re doing the funky chicken in the Yard.” As were many others; looking over at an elderly woman shimmying, wedged between two “Donkey Show” performers wearing black platform boots, red bell-bottomed suits, and giant black afro wigs, President Faust laughed, “Now, there?...
...Neither side is likely to go all the way in this game of chicken, however. Not only are the Lebanese people sick of internecine warfare, but engagement remains the order of the day - at least officially - in the Middle East, and no party in the region seems inclined to return to the confrontational politics of the Bush...