Word: cult
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...Probably not. With no apparent unrest in the North, it seems more likely that Kim is trying to dial back his cult of personality, possibly to present himself as a more normal leader internationally. "He is confident in his power," says Kim Kwang In, a North Korea specialist at Seoul's Chosun Ilbo newspaper. "He doesn't need idolatry." But if this was a show of self-abnegation, it was a modest one. North Korea uses more than 1,000 flattering designations for its leader, including Guardian Deity of the Planet and Sun of the 21st Century. Meanwhile, Dear Leader...
...Today, the look, famously captured on film in 1968 for Vogue magazine with the cult model Veruschka posing, above, in the middle of the African savanna, is back in fashion, thanks in part to newly appointed Yves Saint Laurent creative director Stefano Pilati...
...life. And, as is quickly shown, it is the only way of life for residents of this small Texas town, where state champions become legends and those who fall short become mere pariahs rejected even within their own families. Though American society worships successful professional athletes, the cult following earned by 17-year old high school seniors is for the most part less widespread. Director and co-writer Peter Berg rightly devotes more time to te Panthers’ trials in their daily lives—how they survive in the face of such intense scrutiny—than their...
Mohammed J. Herzallah’s effusive affection for Yasir Arafat in his latest op-ed (“The Day After Arafat,” 11/12/04) is testament to the absolute cult of violence that persists today in Palestinian society, even amongst moderates. It was saddening to read such ignorance to the thousands of people whose deaths Arafat personally orchestrated and funded, and to see this mass murderer painted so lovingly...
What's going on with the Knight Rider movie? It's still in development. There's such a cult following around the world. I even hung out at Kensington Palace with some of the royal family's kids because they're all Knight Rider fans...