Word: muscularity
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...amid the hurly-burly of 19th century empires, Sufism lost ground. The fall of Islam's traditional powers - imperial dynasties such as the Mughals and the Ottomans - created a hunger for a more muscular religious identity than that found in the intoxicating whirl of a dervish or the quiet wisdom of a sage. Nationalism and fundamentalism subdued Sufism's eclectic spirit. In the West, Sufism now usually provokes paeans to an alternative, ascetic life, backed up perhaps by a few verses from Rumi, a medieval Sufi poet much cherished by New Age spiritualists. But there was nothing fringe or alternative...
...With a muscular retro appearance, the Camaro plays on the baby-boomer generation's insatiable appetite for nostalgia. However, GM also has bets on several other new models, which are planted in key market segments critical to GM's future sales: the hybrid Chevrolet Silverado pickup truck, the Buick Lacrosse sedan and three new crossover vehicles (the Cadillac SRX, Chevrolet Equinox and GMC Terrain) that are part car and part SUV, all of which will reach dealers soon. (See pictures of American muscle cars...
...weeks since the two speeches, Iran has shown the world a different, more muscular image of Muslim women. The Tehran protesters, in their emerald hijabs, were not human signboards for imposed conservatism, as Sarkozy might think. But nor did they fit Obama's formulation of Muslim womanhood, one which needed legal protection for the freedom to wear what it likes. Iran's women are determinedly political actors, claiming fundamental rights, and deserving our support when they do so. When they risk their lives to claim such rights, what they wear is irrelevant. With Muslim women showing such involvement in basic...
That Federer's artistry has been thwarted by Nadal's muscular play doesn't bother Federer fans, who seem to love him all the more for his struggles. The Parisian crowds that chanted "Roger! Roger!" through the French Open fortnight understood that if Federer's ethereal game could finally triumph on the heavy red clay of Roland Garros, it would be another proof of his greatness...
...rules that they are. Similarly, the weaker House version would not run into as much opposition from hospitals and doctors, who don't want yet another government plan squeezing them the way that Medicare does. However, that kind of plan would disappoint many liberals, who had hoped that a muscular public plan might be the first step toward a national single-payer system, similar to that of Canada and Britain...