Word: pariahize
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...decades of Soviet tyranny (including the murder of one of his Russian-Jewish friends), he remained faithful to the U.S.S.R. And here his charm failed him. He could sell sand to Saharans, but he couldn't peddle Stalin to America. Widely popular in the early 40s, he was a pariah by 1950, denied a passport until 1958, spurned by mainstream black groups, forgotten in the civil rights struggle he had championed...
...First, it makes things easier logistically because the U.S. would need to use Saudi and Kuwaiti airspace. More importantly, Washington needs to assure the Arab people that an attack against Iraq is not a war against them all. If America goes it alone, then Saddam will suddenly transform from pariah of the Persian Gulf into messiah of the Middle East...
...albeit without a doctor’s orders), and her shoplifting episode was clearly intended as a public cry for help. Frankly, it frightens me that a nation obsessed with the mantra, “United we stand,” is so quick to isolate Ryder as a pariah. Perhaps we should demonstrate our self-proclaimed “unity” and give the woman the help she so obviously needs (and wants). Ms. Ryder, if it’s any consolation to you, here’s one person who hears your plea; unfortunately, the rest...
...Burma has long been a pariah state - a target of human rights activists worldwide after the military junta slaughtered democracy protesters in 1988 and voided the 1990 election. Increasingly isolated economically, the regime has dramatically expanded its reliance on forced civilian labor for infrastructure and revenue-generating projects. By 1996 an estimated 3% of Burma's GDP was the fruit of conscripted gangs. In an additional, cruel twist, many of the soldiers themselves - part of a mobilization that expanded the army from 185,000 troops to nearly half a million today - were little more than child slaves. Sein...
...book, You'll Never Eat Lunch in This Town Again, scandalized Hollywood; of cancer; in West Hollywood, Calif. Phillips skewered herself along with celebrities like Warren Beatty ("priapic") and Mike Ovitz ("a Valley viper") in her book. Of the angry reaction in Hollywood, Phillips said, "I wasn't a pariah because I was a drug-addicted...rotten person [but] because I lit them with a harsh fluorescent light and rendered them as contemptible as they truly...