Word: hosts
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Mexico's absence has left a critical leadership hole in the hemisphere's midsection. But as Calderón gets set to host U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on March 23, he looks determined to fill that void again. Last month he convened a summit in Cancún to create a multilateral organization promoting regional unity - a body that includes all 32 Latin American and Caribbean nations but pointedly excludes the U.S. and Canada. The Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) "makes possible an old desire that [we] have [our] own space for dialogue and political...
...host Lions (5-11) shut out the Crimson on Tuesday, allowing only four hits in seven innings of play...
...maximum of 450 volts. In The Game of Death, 81% of contestants go all the way by administering more than 20 shocks of up to a maximum of 460 volts. Only 16 of the 80 subjects recruited for the fake game show refuse the verbal prodding from the host - and pressure from the audience to keep dishing out the torture like a good sport - though most express misgivings or try to pull out before being persuaded otherwise...
...Despite that, Marzolf and others say the documentary demonstrates how a television-studio setting - with cameras, a pushy host and an audience that erupts at times with shouts of "Punishment!" - may be ideal for robbing individuals of their will. "For the past 10 years, most commercial channels have used humiliation, violence and cruelty to create increasingly extreme programs," Nick says in one of his voice-overs. "[Future] television can - without possible opposition - organize the death of a person as entertainment, and 8 out of 10 people will submit to that." (See "Reality TV at 10: How It's Changed Television...
...media critic Daniel Schneidermann says it would be wrong to limit any conclusions drawn from the show to the impact of television alone. "The Milgram experiment showed that people will submit to authority no matter what its form: military, political, medical, a boss - or now a television host," he says, while noting that he has not yet seen the documentary. "The suggestion that television is the unique or most powerful offender in this manner is just wrong...