Word: fortressed
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...matter how large that price might be, it is nothing compared to the price that would have to be paid to regain those blessings should they ever be lost." Indeed, although the U.S. and Europe are interdependent, Europe needs the U.S. militarily more than the U.S. needs Europe. Fortress America is an unattractive thought, but at least thinkable. Fortress Europe is unthinkable...
Ever since Libya became the personal fiefdom and fortress of Colonel Muammar Gaddafi in 1969, it has been a treacherous place for Western oil companies to pump crude. In 1973 Gaddafi seized a 51% share of all U.S. oil operations in Libya and threw Texas Oilman Bunker Hunt out of the country altogether. But last week an oil company reversed roles and walked out on the colonel. Exxon announced that it was withdrawing all its oil and gas operations from Libya. The company will turn over to Gaddafi its 49% stake in oilfields capable of producing...
...operations of this cult. Each of the flower-vendor members can earn well over a thousand dollars a week. As well, the young members milk their parents for money all the time. Mr. Selover is correct when he writes that the Unification Church will not adopt a fortress mentality but will instead work within the system--for it is only in the American system that such an ignominious association could operate. The Moonies feed on capitalism and prey on its confused population. It is no act of rebellion to join, or be corrupted into joining, the Unification Church. Rev. Moon...
...perceptions a) by "moonies" of the institutions of the wider society as fundamentally hostile and b) by others of moonies as social outcasts, or worse. This kind of clash is rather the rule in the establishment of new religious movements and thus persecution necessarily leads to retreat into a "fortress mentality." In the case of Rev. Moon--just the opposite...
...accusers and then turned to greet the press and spectators. After the proceedings, he addressed a rally of 2500 Church members and friends outside, stating his respect for America and trust in judicial due process. The attitude expressed by Rev. Moon himself runs counter to the formation of fortress mentality and may instead become a paradigm for working within the system as the future mode of the Unification religious community...