Word: insults
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...match reverently as an Important Social Moment. But Anderson--whose Cheerleader was a pitch-perfect rendering of a modern tabloid circus--also captures the made-for-TV ridiculousness of its buildup, from Riggs' shilling for Sugar Daddy caramel pops to the opponents' theatrical, Muhammad Ali-esque bouts of insult and braggadocio. For these outsize personalities, the sideshow was the show. "Billie has often spoken of tennis as entertainment as well as a sport," says Holly Hunter, who plays King and starred in Cheerleader. "That aspect of the story was really well served by Jane's satirical style...
...when Obuchi was having trouble holding together a fragile multi-party coalition, Nonaka approached an arch-enemy, Ichiro Ozawa, whose defection from the LDP in 1993 ushered the party out of power for the only time since its inception in 1955. Nonaka had called Ozawa a "devil" for that insult. But he went to Ozawa, hat in hand, and persuaded him to rejoin Obuchi's coalition. Once the relationship was cemented, he made sure Ozawa and his policy measures were all but ignored...
...should a democratic society shy away from discussing immigration. Australia's Whites Only policy, abolished more than 30 years ago, was an insult to Aborigines as well as to the country's Asian neighbors. The issue of race cannot be completely ignored, however desirable it would be to do so. But Asian nations from Japan to Singapore to Malaysia have their own racial preferences when offering permanent residence to foreigners...
...insult to boredom, CBS gave fans a show that did very little to tide them over until NCAA basketball vacates Thursday nights next week. In staying faithful to the arc of the show thus far, tribal council by tribal council, CBS missed a chance to give close readers a tasty treat: More unseen footage of the eight people actually still competing for the million bucks...
...will not completely disagree with Justin G. Fong's opinions (Magazine, "The Invasian," March 15). After all, I sincerely believe that his goal was not merely to insult Asians but rather to enlighten. However, he could have expressed his opinions at a more respectable level rather than his apparent unwarranted judgments based upon simple observations. Like he said, criticism is best received from within, but his style of execution is distasteful and obviously ineffective. Who does he think he can convince by setting an aggressive tone? All he had accomplished is that he has established himself as a narrow-minded...