Word: manhoods
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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Testing a new leader's manhood...
...even now that the recording companies have muzzled Napster, their real solution is nowhere in sight. Computer nerds, bless their souls, seem to have an unyielding desire to boast their virtual manhood. Encryption codes will be broken; system will be beaten. Gnutella, for example, is a small, mysterious little file sharing program that has no central servers to blame and will probably allow piracy to thrive as long as the Internet exists. No one can stop the wave...
...shaping up as the most serious international challenge to have confronted President Bush precisely because it comes on the eve of his decision over whether to sell the Aegis-equipped vessels to Taiwan. Administration officials had previously expressed concern that Beijing had turned the issue into a test of manhood, thereby limiting both sides' room for maneuver; the standoff over the crashed airplane is likely only to raise the stakes...
...long ago, the name of the company that Tim Koogle stepfathered from infancy to manhood deserved its exclamation point. It was a full-throated barbaric howl, the one profitable rebel yell of the Internet that really drove fear deep into the hearts of the old-media infantry. By last Wednesday, when the Robert E. Lee of this rebel force reached his Appomattox, the yell sounded more like an ironic groan. First-quarter sales set to be 40% off last year's estimate? Ya-hoo. Stock down 92% from its peak, with no end to the freefall in sight? Ya-hooey...
...Benedict Carton's recent book, "Blood From Your Children," tells of cultural turmoil in Zulu society under white rule. This article is from his forthcoming book, "White Zulu," a story of the symbolic power of Zulu manhood...