Word: dominoed
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...keep the action moving at breakneck speeds. ESPN had 35 cameras, two helicopters and a blimp at the classic, while the FLW uses more outré gimmicks like underwater "snorkelcams." "Having competing media is the best thing possible," says Iaconelli. "First ESPN does something, then Fox one-ups them. That domino effect helps the sport's visibility. We need that New Yorker who's fished once in his life to feel connected to bass fishing. Big media does that...
...Iraq. Not just replacing a murderous thug regime with a popularly elected, pluralistic government but also creating a catalyst for similar transformations elsewhere. We have already seen such an effect in Lebanon--a democratic uprising that even Druze leader Walid Jumblatt, no friend of the U.S., admitted was a domino effect from Iraq. Similarly, Iraq's transformation has helped advance women's suffrage in Kuwait, competitive elections in Egypt and even democratic stirrings in so inhospitable a place as Syria...
...widening the gap between the region's rich and poor. Since Chávez was elected in 1998 (and again in a special 2000 election), leftist leaders like him have taken power or are leading voter polls in eight countries, including the two largest, Brazil and Mexico. The most recent domino to fall was Bolivia. Last month an uprising by indigenous citizens demanding the nationalization of the country's natural-gas reserves toppled the President, Bolivia's second to go in less than two years. Says Evo Morales, the rebellion's leftist leader, who is a favorite to win a presidential...
...South Koreans last week marched in Seoul, hoping to bring the same kind of democratic people power to their country. Said Leading Dissident Kim Dae Jung: "As the Argentine situation has affected other Latin American countries in their struggle for democratization, the Philippine situation will have a domino effect on other Asian countries fighting for democracy...
...John Prendergast, the former African affairs director at the National Security Council, wrote in an e-mail in early April that Harvard’s move “will create a domino effect throughout...