Word: label
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...past, the president of the United States has delivered a speech commemorating these events. Obama will almost certainly keep with this unofficial tradition. But, if he omits the word “genocide,” Armenians around the world will accuse Obama of breaking his promise to explicitly label the events as such. Likewise, if he does utter the “G-word,” a torrent of infuriated accusations will flood in from the many who reject this label...
...Word choice here is certainly very important. To label the acts “genocide” would put the late Ottoman government in the company of Nazis in Germany, Hutus in Rwanda, and other perpetrators of genocide. But no matter how powerful the label of “genocide” may be, insisting on its use should never come before the priority of accurately describing what happened. While a debate over the precise terminology may be useful for international lawyers, for activists and ordinary citizens, studying the actual historical events and their lessons is far more relevant...
...media’s coverage of the tea parties, chances are that you were watching Fox News, as not only was Fox the only network providing full-day coverage of the events, but it was also spending the weeks prior actively promoting and advertising the tea parties under the label “FNC Tax Day Tea Parties.” Of course, it is difficult to claim to be reporting rather than participating when such Fox celebrity anchors as Sean Hannity, Glenn Beck, and Neil Cavuto were hosting events that day—Hannity’s rally...
...runs that distributes information on end-of-life methods. Increasingly, the group's 3,500 members are obtaining sodium pentobarbital, a clear solution used to anesthetize cats, dogs and horses, from online sources based in Mexico and Southeast Asia. "For whatever reason, the suppliers have been taking off the label when they ship it," Nitschke says. "People want reassurance they've not just bought a bottle of water...
...work,” Williamson said, “it went unseen but not unsung.” In 1973, the singer’s talent and vision prompted her peers to seek financial and artistic independence from the industry. Her suggestion of an all-female record label culminated in Olivia Records, the first company of its kind. The unprecedented success of Olivia Records’ artists and those of similar labels led to the first female-only concert events, like the Michigan Womyn’s Music Festival, which debuted in 1976, predating Sarah McLachlan’s Lilith...