Word: cult
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...toilet. In the '70s he penned the foul-mouthed rock classic Don't Eat the Yellow Snow. Small wonder, then, that the iconoclastic musician Frank Zappa has had a hard time getting mainstream airplay. But the times they are a-changin', and Financial News Network is betting the cult hero is ready for prime time. This week Zappa debuts as guest host on FNN: Focus, an interview show. As his opening topic, Zappa will explore opportunities for U.S. businesses in the Soviet Union. The 49-year-old renegade may have some insight to share. Last & year he formed a consulting...
When Muslims demand these rights, we call them "Islamic fundamentalists," "militants," "extremists," "insurgents" and "rebels." A leading American newspaper calls the Popular Front's supporters part of a "defiant and sullen populace," and likens the Popular Front itself to a "religious cult" (New York Times, January 25, 1990). On the other hand, when there was violent protest in Romania, the American media applauded it. The execution of the "tyrant" Ceaucescu was cause for celebration. There is an amazing absence of outrage in the media against our own use of violence to "liberate" the Panamanians...
Through this emissary Lukanov made a disarmingly straightforward case: an article identifying him as up and coming, not to mention reform minded, would be a kiss of death. Jealous, older, more orthodox comrades would accuse him of "trying to start a mini-cult of personality in the bourgeois capitalist press." Lukanov reminded me that he had granted the interview "in good faith," believing I was writing about Bulgaria, not about him personally...
...million in U.S. sales in 1988, protecting the sanctity of its product is crucial. How, after all, does % a company persuade a population that the presence of a few bubbles transforms the most common substance on earth into a fashion statement? With its reverent ads and fitness-cult following, Perrier won a unique niche in the psyche and vocabulary of the '80s. "People ask for Perrier when they want mineral water," says Dan Rose, a bartender at an uptown Manhattan restaurant, "the same way they ask for Kleenex when they want a tissue. Perrier has come to mean mineral water...
...this a mind-expanding drug trip? A cult happening? The exercises mandated by an Indian guru? Not at all. The men and women at the Synchro Energize salon were engaged in a serious stress-reduction exercise, seeking to find greater serenity by donning special goggles that flash lights in the eyes and headphones that play tones and songs. This high-tech route to relaxation may sound far out, but it is starting to catch on. About a dozen stress- reduction salons have recently opened in the U.S., and they are beginning to spring up in machine-minded Japan...