Word: labelers
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...phrase, "axis of evil" is misleading. There is no alliance among the three countries Bush chose to label. In fact, Iran and Iraq fought a war from 1980 to 1988 in which a million people died. Moreover, the connection between weapons of mass destruction and terrorism is not as straightforward as Bush made it seem. Administration experts admit that North Korea has been out of the terrorism business for more than a decade and that it remains on the State Department's list of state sponsors of terrorism largely as a form of diplomatic pressure. Iraq's support for terrorism...
...join some friends for the last set at Brown Sugar, a popular jazz haunt; call (886-2) 2322-4677 for reservations. There's no cover charge?just a $13 minimum on weekends, which six of us put toward a bottle of Johnny Walker Black Label priced at only $80. We watch a sultry Louisiana jazz singer whisk the crowd into a merry meringue with a version of Teresa Teng's The Moon Represents My Heart, then, sated with food, drink and song, we roll back to the hotel...
While there is a definite need to pursue terrorism abroad, rhetorically grouping these three distinct countries shows a troubling lack of appreciation for their vastly different histories and current circumstances. The label accomplishes little and may, in fact, hinder attempts to promote reform within North Korea and Iran. Bush’s jingoism is even upsetting our allies; French foreign minister Hubert Védrine yesterday criticized the United States for taking such an antagonistic stance without consulting European powers...
...fine. That’s got to sting a little bit. But from where I sit, Carey’s in better shape now than she’s been in for years. Besides the $49 million she earned as severance pay from her record label, Carey’s more famous than she’s ever been, more an object of public interest than anyone else in the music industry. She’s so famous, in fact, that instead of having porn advertisements sent from “Brittney Spears” filtered out of my Hotmail...
...dubbed her debut That Girl, because after she lent spitfire to Ice Cube and Mack 10’s “You Can Do It” for the Next Friday soundtrack, that became her most common moniker. First she resisted the label; then she embraced it. After the decade of grabbing for MC fame that led Ms. Toi no further than the gender gap, this inspirational exchange, sputtered over an admittedly tight beat, was all it took to get her signed to a major label: “Ms. Toi: You can do it put your back into...