Word: exploitationism
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In the U.S. and Latin America, the 500th anniversary of Columbus' first voyage to the New World is still two years away, but already it is marred by snappish and divisive quarrels over the meaning of the event. Native American zealots like Means see Columbus as a precursor of exploitation...
In 1947 the widower Rhodes married a 48-year-old, thickly mascaraed Texan with a record of multiple divorces. Aunt Anne, as she was called, had a talent for intimidation and exploitation. As her husband stood by ineffectually, she forced Richard and Stanley to do the heavy housework, forage for...
Enter John Silber, president of Boston University, a Reaganite Democrat who has long advertised his disdain for Dukakis. Silber tossed off offensive remarks -- toward bureaucrats, the elderly, feminists, ghetto residents, Jews -- the way most candidates distribute campaign buttons. But he came across as an exemplar of change (and anger) at...
At first glance, the proposed swap seemed merely a mutual convenience. The New England Aquarium in Boston would give the Naval Ocean Systems Center in San Diego an overly rambunctious 450-lb. male dolphin named Rainbow and in return get a mild-mannered female that is hard of hearing and...
Why is cinematic rape so acceptable and salable? Part of the answer is that during the past decade, middle-class theatergoers have been replaced by a rougher and more assertive audience whose tastes encourage Hindi filmmakers to resort to such exploitation. Another factor, observers believe, has its roots in the...