Word: fad
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Divestment seems to be the new fad on campus. But much of the argument over divestment has failed to look at problems that are intrinsic to resource wealth in poor countries. In almost all of the cases—Israel divestment excluded—the movement involves divesting from a mining or oil company that is doing business with some objectionable regime in the developing world. This isn’t surprising; political economy has shown that rare and valuable resources like oil breed corruption. While divestment may be appropriate in some cases, for example PetroChina and Sudan, in most...
...past 10 years, it’s been a fad to be a Native,” he added. “Before that, you didn’t want anyone to know you were a Native because of the degradation...
...Viet Nam vet who takes issue with the fad of Rambomania. It glorifies all I have been trying to forget for the past 15 years. The destruction of an ancient culture and its people has been a haunting memory for me, and I see no need to depict it in a motion picture. Chip Troiano East Hardwick, Vt. Good Morning Today...
...Hail, Mary" was a splendid analysis of a development in spirituality that goes profoundly beyond the goddess fad that has captured our imaginations for years [March 21]. The piety and deepest consciousness of a human being seek a feminine face, especially in a world whose cultures are saturated with patriarchy. Thank you for helping to rescue Mary from passive neglect. (The Rev.) Marvin E. Repinski Austin, Minnesota...
Older, wiser and freed from the tyranny of matching outfits, alumni of the 1990s' boy-band fad are on to new projects. Here's a grownup's guide...