Word: machos
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...Spanish machismo, stiffening laws against domestic violence and proposing the legalization of gay marriage and rapid, no-fault divorces. A radical democrat committed to feminism is a major departure for Spanish politics, where the most successful politicians - among them Aznar and his Socialist predecessor, Felipe González - were macho men with killer political instincts. Zapatero's bet is that he can govern effectively and retain power simply by giving the people what they want. But that's a fickle foundation for policy. The time is bound to come for Zapatero, as for all political leaders, when he's unable...
...native Texan, who was half Apache (hence "El Indio"), formed the Isidro Lopez Orchestra in 1956, combining a Big Band sound with accordion-laced Mexican-style polka called conjunto. Also nicknamed "the Mexican Elvis," he wrote more than 500 songs, including rock tunes such as Mala Cara and Macho Rock 'n' Roll...
Other chapters show Catherine joined by her friends Nick, the defensively macho user/dealer, and Alex, the cute junkie rent boy, as they shoot up, go to clubs and wrestle with the complications of a world where truth blends with fiction and fantasy with reality. At one point Alex flirts with a boy who turns out to be a girl but who says she isn't. Who knows the truth? But in the end, suggest the book, does it matter? Even the illustrations by Ted Naifeh, using an unusual palette of black, gray and bronze, strike a harmonic discord between...
...Olympics have always been about something bigger than who can run the fastest or shoot the straightest. The athletes?the macho brawn of an Australian swimmer, the hard-won flawlessness of a Romanian gymnast?tell you something about the places they are from. Perhaps then India's oversized and underfunded squad serves a purpose in these humorless days of professional sports and all the science, diets and doping the era brings. It reminds us that at least one nation remembers the spirit in which the modern Olympics were founded?as a contest among amateurs. And that taking part, however haplessly...
...Once it became clear that Miller's well-crafted messages were having an impact, Budweiser responded with a negative counterattack, challenging both Miller's heritage, by making an issue of its foreign ownership, and its manliness, by dismissing Miller Lite as the "queen of carbs." "That's a very macho accusation against a brand that has been giving them a royal shellacking," said Adami, a hard-swearing chain smoker, in a recent speech...