Word: corruptible
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...from the President to pop culture did their best to lay things out in black and white; it was the Cold War and the Russians were the bad guys. After a decade of ’90s action films that seemed to stick to a lone-warrior-versus-the-corrupt-establishment theme, Team America: World Police is a throwback to the kind of movie that casts the establishment as the good guy and everyone who goes against them are either evil or woefully misinformed. While, to many, such a theme may seem ironic, what makes this movie so pertinent...
...political enthusiast Stephen Elliott will speak on his new book Looking Forward to It; or, how I learned to stop worrying and love the American Electoral Process. His book recounts his journey through the election process, during which he encounters a menagerie of characters including washed-up campaign managers, corrupt reporters and politicians. A reception at Noir at the Charles Hotel will follow the event. Free. 6:30 p.m. Harvard Book Store. 1256 Massachusetts Avenue...
Johnson was accompanied by members of her campaign staff dressed as corrupt legislators, wearing suits and masks and carrying signs reading, “Speaker: Show Me the (Special Interest...
...pace of the village is that of a bullock cart, or a folk song; the rhythm of the city is that of an MTV video, broken up, superaccelerated, posthuman. If it takes a village to raise a child, as Hillary Clinton has said, it takes a city to corrupt...
...Impressive as these busts are, China's anticorruption strategy may have a flaw. Instead of encouraging independent law-enforcement agencies and the media to expose officials who take bribes, Communist Party leaders increasingly emphasize internal Party discipline as the crucial weapon in fighting corruption. The day before the Central Committee meeting, President Hu Jintao, in a major speech, called for deepening the "anticorruption struggle." In his speech, Hu ruled out Western-style democracy for China. But without some outside check on behavior, it is not clear how corrupt officials can be brought into line. "Letting people choose their leaders would...