Word: nigerianism
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...enormous dangers of space travel, many readers let us know that they remain ready to buy their tickets. "I would be the first to volunteer for the next shuttle flight," wrote a Virginian. "To stop the shuttle now would send the wrong message at the wrong time." A Nigerian agreed, saying, "What happened to the astronauts will always dwell in my mind, but I have dreamed of going into space. I would cherish the opportunity." Declared a North Carolinian: "I would go up tomorrow if I had the chance. To risk your life, or even to lose...
...does not matter that they are not the ones who initiated the scam, nor does is it matter that they are often not legally culpable, since the money never appears. None of this diminishes the moral deceit of their actions. Like their Nigerian co-conspirators, the Americans who take part in this scheme should be dismissed as dishonest cheats, not pitied as victims...
...American and Nigerian crooks rob each other blind. This seems like a fitting way to deal with the Nigeria scam...
...Sharks have two days to prepare for the Hong Kong Flying Dragons. For the American players the writing seems to be on the wall: according to the Shanghai Daily, a Nigerian center named Uche Ejelu Okafor?declared ineligible by the NCAA a year ago when he tried to play at Missouri?has been called in for a secret tryout with the Sharks...
...Miller would recognize those streetwalkers in other parts of the city. After dark, the ringroad that circles Paris is dotted with very young girls in very short skirts and very high heels, showcasing their wares in the headlights of passing cars. Depending on the area, they may be Moldovan, Nigerian or Chinese. In the Bois de Boulogne - a favorite of joggers and picnickers - transvestites from North Africa and Latin America ply their trade beneath the trees, while older French women receive customers in minivans parked on the access roads. In Miller's time, prostitutes were considered as French as pastry...