Word: pariahize
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...regime would ultimately be destroyed in a conflict with the U.S., but the impoverished pariah state is sinking into oblivion anyway and has little else to lose. "North Korea is ready for a suicide attempt," warns Yoo Ho Yeol, an associate professor at Korea University in Seoul. The U.S. will determine whether it is an assisted suicide. Here are Washington's options, and the special difficulties each presents...
...adopting the doctrine of "I thought he might hit me, so I hit him first," the U.S. has sacrificed 60 years of diplomacy and the U.N. Charter. For this, we have become a global pariah. In exchange for thousands of lives and billions of dollars, we will indeed have a Pax Americana--and lose the world. ANDREW CHRISTIE North Hollywood, Calif...
...lend a whiff of aristocracy to his enterprise, Singer relies on the orotund majesty of British thesping. Stewart and McKellen give heft to their respective patriarch and pariah. They make each debate on the shaky future of mankind sound as if it were taking place in the House of Lords--even if they are both forced to sport the goofiest headgear in fantasy-film history...
...scandal-loving media had a field day. Yet, in the end, he’d done nothing illegal. Sure, judgments of immorality are up to individual inclinations, but you’d think that after committing such a horrible crime against a minor, Polanski would forever be an industry pariah. His actions were inexcusable and disgusting. That we are extolling him for his work is unbelievable...
...failing to keep SARS in check, Hong Kong is now a city full of fearful, surgical-masked citizens?and a city that is an international pariah. On April 2, the WHO issued an unprecedented advisory, warning against travel to Hong Kong and the nearby southern Chinese province of Guangdong because of the risk of contracting SARS. Airlines are slashing flights to the city as travelers stay away. Hong Kong businessmen were even barred from attending a major watch-and-luxury goods trade fair in Basel, Switzerland, unless they submitted to intrusive health checks, sparking a diplomatic row. Says Christine...