Word: legacyism
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Given that his life has already seen enough hardship and redemption to warrant full bluesman stature, Ponnudorai is unfazed by the indifference. A Tamil by ethnicity and Malaysian by birth, he grew up in the tin-mining town of Ipoh, the youngest of 10. Ponnudorai's parents were too poor...
According to Forbes magazine, there are some 950 billionaires in the world, with an estimated combined wealth of $3.5 trillion. Even after all the yachts, mansions and luxury living that money can buy have been funded many times over, these billionaires will still have nearly $3.5 trillion to change the...
When an article I wrote for The Harvard Salient on Iranian President Mohammad Khatemi’s continuation of blatant human rights abuses against women and homosexuals was edited to refer to homosexuals as “sodomites,” I wondered, “What on earth are...
The IISS also warns that the legacy of the Khan network may yet provide more nasty surprises. "How much help Khan gave Iran and North Korea and whether the Khan network had other customers are questions of intense interest to investigative agencies," it says. Some equipment thought to have been...
Almost ten years to the day after he first set about trying to solve the Northern Ireland conflict, British Prime Minister Tony Blair leaned forward in his gallery seat at the moment of truth: In the hushed, wood-panelled chamber of the region's Assembly, onetime enemies formally pledged to...