Word: monolithism
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...formation trying to incite people in the name of religion, whatever religion, is in fact betraying both religion and our constitution," the Prime Minister said. All nations, "big and small will have to come to terms with their growing internal diversity. No modern and open society can be a monolith...
...Although it marks an important step in the country's slow metamorphosis from Leninist monolith into a uniquely Chinese amalgam of authoritarian socialism and chaotic capitalism, the travails required to secure passage of the new law underline the difficulties China's rulers face as they attempt to fashion a coherent legal and financial system for the country. It has taken 13 years and eight readings (only three are technically - and in most cases, practically - required) to get the bill successfully passed. It was originally scheduled to pass last year, but was dropped after Party conservatives (diehard Maoists who felt that...
There were two types of fame on display at the press conference Monday morning in a grand, sky-lit room at the back of the New York Public library. There was director James Cameron, towering like a a six-foot-plus druidic monolith in a dark jacket and black turtleneck. And there was a light tan limestone box about two feet long lying on a table in front of Cameron - which the Titanic director was presenting as the burial box of Jesus Christ. All things being equal, we know who would be the bigger draw. (It was John Lennon...
...token, of course—are the same. We live in a society still very much conscious of race—even if people don’t like to admit it openly. Making one black person your trustworthy token while you still view black people as a monolith will not fix the ongoing problem of race in America...
...token, of course—are the same. We live in a society still very much conscious of race—even if people don’t like to admit it openly. Making one black person your trustworthy token while you still view black people as a monolith will not fix the ongoing problem of race in America...