Word: credo
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...believe zoo keepers are guilty of "speciesism," the movement's politically correct counterpart to racism. Animals, PETA insists, are no different from people and should be treated accordingly. "There really is no rational reason for saying a human being has special rights," says PETA co-founder Ingrid Newkirk, whose credo...
...something utterly different." The Mad Maya hero in Apocalypto is Jaguar Paw. His escape through the Mexican rain forest will "feel like a car chase that just keeps turning the screws," says Gibson, flashing one of his patented bug-eyed expressions. True to the no-pain, no-gain credo of his other films, Apocalypto seeks to deliver enough pre-Columbian punishment--like the decidedly non-CGI mauling of a character by an animal--to rival the medieval gore of Braveheart. "I get pretty banged up in some pretty awful ways," says film newcomer Rudy Youngblood, 25, the Comanche and Cree...
...then, the subtitle of my book on jazz and civil rights could be ‘All the things everybody’s gotten into fights about over jazz.’” This mix of seriousness and humor is indicative of Monson’s working credo: she combines the nuanced, critical eye of a studious intellectual with the uncensored delight of a lover and practitioner of music. Quincy Jones Professor of African-American Music Ingrid Monson did not begin her life expecting to have such a prodigious title, or indeed with any expectations about a life...
...system is ideal for a highly informed and involved electorate, but it carries the risk that a privileged few will prey on voter ignorance and build fiefdoms that will lead to crippling partisan backbiting. Let's build grassroots involvement before we undertake a change so hasty and bewildering. Suzanne Credo Caloocan, the Philippines...
...contribuyente del partido dem?crata, P?rez asesor? al presidente Bill Clinton en asuntos relacionados con Cuba. Su colecci?n de arte incluye trabajos de importantes maestros latinoamericanos como Fernando Botero, Frida Kahlo y Roberto Matta, y es promotor del arte en espacios p?blicos. En todo lo que hace, P?rez refleja su credo de que ?cada vez que realizas una actividad, no s?lo est?s defini?ndote a ti mismo sino que est?s definiendo el mundo que te rodea?. Y la arquitectura de Miami es una muestra de que est? cumpliendo con su precepto...