Word: corrupting
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...wider arena of TV, Tony has a sure legacy. When The Sopranos debuted in 1999, antiheroes were rare; now they're the new heroes. Cable's FX network has a stable of brooding, self-destructive, often violent, mostly male protagonists, from Michael Chiklis' corrupt but effective cop on The Shield (which returns April 3) to Denis Leary's alcoholic fireman on Rescue Me to Eddie Izzard's captivating con man on The Riches...
...also demanded that Philippines voters reject allegedly corrupt politicians during the upcoming elections...
...make a difference.... That's the problem with democracy." Actually, no. The problem with democracy is thinking that all men can make a difference. One man: that's despotism, or comic-book wish-fulfillment. Or the premise of nearly every Hollywood movie, which says that the system is corrupt, and the little guy can beat it. (Until the next movie, where the system is corrupt...
...stayed home. For Iraqis, rage and shame and need are deadlocked. Two-thirds say they have no faith in American troops and that their presence makes things worse; more than half say it's acceptable to attack them. But withdrawal would leave civilians at the mercy of corrupt, inept and sectarian leaders and security forces, so only 35% say they want the troops...
...year or more, but the greater damage is to the club's reputation and that of Japanese baseball. Former major league manager Bobby Valentine, who now helms the Chiba Lotte Marines in Tokyo, called the Lions' payoffs "the tip of the iceberg." Japanese have tired of the clubby, borderline-corrupt business practices of old-school corporations like the ones behind baseball. That disgust may be bleeding over to the teams themselves...