Word: colorism
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...from childhood that has come to symbolize gratitude, he says.De Beausset and running mate, UC presidential candidate Amadi P. Anene ’08, are running on a campaign to shake up the UC through their dedication to activism and idealism.In his campaign garb, De Beausset explains that his color choice was no simple decision. “Buddhist monks wear orange. Orange is very important in Hinduism,” he says. “I love the color of the sunset...It just epitomizes being thankful.”“That’s what...
...Court, Justice Samuel Alito and Chief Justice John Roberts, seemed skeptical of such open-ended social engineering. And Justice Anthony Kennedy, who could be the swing vote in this case, worried about the Supreme Court letting a school district that is no longer under court supervision use skin color as a basis for student assignment. Such a precedent, he said, "takes us on a very perilous course...
...exercise in style--retro style. Although his film is set in postwar Berlin, he made it, as the studios once did, on back lots and locations around Los Angeles. He used old-fashioned process photography instead of CGI for his special effects, and though he shot in color, he printed the movie on high-contrast black-and-white stock. He even dug up antique lenses, of the kind directors were obliged to use a half-century ago. By golly, if he shoots into the sun, he gets lens flare. He induced Thomas Newman to write a lush symphonic score...
...wanted to get a good cross-section of English society... the idea being that out of the mouths of seven-year-old children we might learn some truths about English society: what they thought about each other, their ambitions, their thoughts on money, color, race, sex. They might give some insight into whether English society was really changing...
...over. His main proposal is a debit card, called "Mi Negra," that would tap oil revenues to give anywhere from $300 to $1,000 a month in cash to Venezuelans in need. Chavez supporters dismiss the card, whose name refers to a term of endearment and to the color of oil, as an idea crafted to capture votes that won't assist them in the way that Chavez's programs...