Word: macho
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...bossy character quickly took control of her timid boyfriend's life. Through it all, Jun was in charge, and audiences loved it. Wild, free and utterly herself, Jun became a model for an assertive generation of young Asian women. "People have this notion that men have to be macho and women have to be pretty and act pretty," says Jang Hyuk, Jun's friend and co-star in Windstruck. "But if you look at Jun's character in the film [Sassy], she presents an honest, flawed character beautifully...
...selling those t-shirts for Arnold now? God. They copy everything. Those are so old they were being sold in Minnesota in 1998. It’s irrelevant. Those t-shirts are ridiculous to begin with. When you’re 50 you grow out of that macho stuff. However I would say this—I’m younger and better trained. Arnold was just a body builder. So you be the judge...
Fast food restaurants are his most visible creators and sustainers of America’s dodgeball targets. A serving of McDonald’s French fries, for example, has gone from 200 calories in 1960 to 610 calories today. Critser says that the Del Taco Macho meal weighs in at four pounds. Schools have indulged in opportunities to outsource cafeteria lunches to fast food giants, which in turn fill hungry students with several hundred more calories than a traditional school lunch. Two factors are at work—Americans’ obsessions with largeness and value. Even in a society...
...Gotta Have Friends Charles Krauthammer indulged in some macho breast thumping about the U.S. standing tall and alone [Jan. 12]. That would be great if we Americans were as consistently right as we think we are and if our leadership knew what it was doing. The sad fact is that Americans have always been ignorant about the outside world, and that costs us dearly every day. Moreover, the Bush team may be setting a new low in the quality of American leadership-no mean feat. Eric Collier Silverthorne...
Krauthammer indulged in some macho breast thumping about the U.S. standing tall and alone. That would be great if we Americans were as consistently right as we think we are and if our leadership knew what it was doing. The sad fact is that Americans have always been ignorant about the outside world, and that costs us dearly every day. Moreover, the Bush team may be setting a new low in the quality of American leadership. ERIC COLLIER Silverthorne, Colo...