Word: mainstreaming
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...says she is more convinced than ever that instability in the Middle East will only worsen if politics remain polarized between authoritarian governments and violent extremists, and she is determined to use her own bully pulpit to exhort the region's governments to make a space for non-violent mainstream opposition parties and candidates...
Maybe not yet, Seth. Although some snowboarders--and their agents--insist they've gone mainstream, this is still a sport in which Blink 182 blares over the loudspeakers while the boarders McTwist and where a chain-smoking, black-bandanna-wearing public-address announcer--American Dave Duncan--pumps the crowd when there's a "smokin' run." His black T shirt at the women's half-pipe read, SKATE AND DESTROY. Not exactly Olympian, but your kids are catching on: the National Sporting Goods Association estimates there are more recreational snowboarders (6.6 million) than skiers (5.9 million) in the U.S. Look...
WHAT THE BUZZ IS SAYING: Why stop now? Witherspoon has won just about every acting award on offer this time of the year, and her vehicle is, at least, a mainstream studio film, and those are in very short supply on the Academy's list of nominees. Nobody is saying the word lock yet, but she is the front runner...
...didn’t publish these cartoons first, and we didn’t publish them alone,” Kavulla said. “There is a journalistic obligation for the mainstream media to show these things...
...continue to take this music far beyond the scope of contemporary rap. It is only a matter of time before some enterprising American producer waters down this sound and into a massive chart hit for a faceless dance-pop act, thereby blowing it up and clearing the genre for mainstream success. I’m looking forward to it. —Staff writer J. Samuel Abbott can be reached at abbott@fas.harvard.edu...