Word: imperialistic
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...hardly bears mentioning. And yet, this simple logic is lost on a good deal of Americans, to say nothing of Americans, journalists. In movies, on television and in magazines, 'Arab' and `Muslim' are often buzz words for gun-wielding, grenade tossing, Qu'rantoting fanatics bent on destroying the imperialist, materialist Satan that is the United States. When was the last time you saw an Arab `good guy' on your television screen...
...said that Russia will use its armed might to defend Russian nationals abroad. The statement immediately drew the ire of many in Ukraine, the Baltic states and other former Soviet republics with large populations of ethnic Russians. The states were quick to interpret the remarks as an indication ofRussian imperialist aspirations, but Kozyrev on Thursday professed bewilderment at the fuss, saying "What are the army and navy for if they can't protect our citizens and our interests...
...image of the U.S. has been of an imperialist country,'' says history teacher Samuel Vargas as he guides his sixth graders around the monument. Watching them, Luis Garcia, a castle guard, offers a different view. Unbuttoning his gray uniform, he reveals a T shirt emblazoned NEW YORK. In fact, since 1988 Chicago has become Garcia's second home. After 25 years guarding the Boy Heroes, he earns only $40 a week. For the past seven years, he has taken a May-to-October leave of absence, hopped a plane to visit his sister, then overstayed his tourist visa to work...
...growth rate, and the government is proud to be hosting a conference expected to attract up to 20,000 participants, including several heads of $ state. Egypt's fundamentalist Muslim sheiks take a different view, however, drawing cheers from their followers when they denounce the meeting as a "Zionist and imperialist assault against Islam...
...BALL, STUPID. In a Costa Rican sweatshop, peons are making sure that the Rawlings baseballs they stitch together for the major leagues are wrapped tight, giving them extra flight potential and allowing the Mariners' Griffey to obliterate home-run records set by two imperialist Yankees, Babe Ruth (60 in 1927) and Roger Maris (61 in '61). Anyway, that's one conspiracy theory. Many pitchers and some batters believe the ball has been spiked, but Rawlings says its tests indicate no change. "The ball isn't juiced," says Griffey. But does he have a better idea of what's going...