Word: establishmentism
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Anson Chan isn't anyone's idea of a radical. As the first Chinese to hold the post of Chief Secretary in Hong Kong's colonial government, she was a widely admired example of how a local, through hard work and artfulness, could ascend to the top of the establishment...
'Frankly, it's time for the establishment of a Palestinian state.' CONDOLEEZZA RICE, U.S. Secretary of State, after Israel's Prime Minister openly showed readiness to share control of Jerusalem with Palestine
Palestinian negotiators watched these developments with alarm. Rice later sought to reassure Abbas, telling him, "It is time for the establishment of a Palestinian state," and pledging that "we are not going to tire until I have given my last ounce of energy and my last moment in office" to...
The current dichotomy has appeared before. Howard Dean and Bill Bradley each positioned himself as a straight-shooting alternative to establishment candidates like John Kerry, Dick Gephardt, and Al Gore in the 2000 and 2004 primaries, and were unceremoniously set aside by the voters for their trouble. The honesty strategy...
A certain degree of urgency may have come to attend Teresa's miracle count. Normally the process of recognizing a saint takes decades or even centuries. But after Mother Teresa's death, Pope John Paul II waived a traditional five-year waiting period, initiating what some have called a "fast...