Word: downtrodden
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...suppose I can make room in my heart for another "downtrodden" minority, the twixters. Poor babies. If only their parents had cut the golden apron strings and left them to their own devices, they would have learned to be more independent. I will immediately write to Congress and demand that these pitiful innocents obtain protection under the Americans with Disabilities Act. In the meantime, I'm launching a support group for these WIMPS (whining immature professional slackers...
...virtue of the Red Sox’s nearly century-long drought of World Series championships, Boston has claimed the mantle of the downtrodden sports town,—fallaciously. Despite their self-pity, Boston fans have often been spoiled: In the late 80’s they had the Celtics. Over the past few seasons they’ve had the Patriots, and this October they were blessed with the Red Sox. Philadelphia has had nothing. It is time for Philadelphia to stop losing. It is time for Philadelphia to claim the championship that has eluded its grasp over...
...Industrial Revolution. Since unification, Germany has spent on the former East a staggering $1.46 trillion, much of it squandered, but Halle's high-tech development shows that not all of it was wasted. The presence of world-class companies like Probiodrug proves that even the most downtrodden town can shake off years of lethargy and begin a comeback. If Halle can do it, can the rest of Germany be far behind...
There probably won't be any surprises on the podium at the Republican National Convention in New York City two weeks from now. Outside the hall, however, the protest activity will be unusually creative, from a "Blood for Oil" drive to camps in Central Park dubbed Bushvilles, after the downtrodden Hoovervilles of the 1930s. Here's Notebook's unconventional guide...
...view of mainstream Western aesthetics." Yet it's precisely this alien quality that makes the Rotterdam show so intriguing. As De Ceuster notes, the exhibit doesn't reflect the reality of North Korea: "All it portrays is an ideological image" meant to be stamped on the minds of a downtrodden people. Instead of revealing higher truths, this is the art of distortion, designed to prop up a higher power...