Word: patronizing
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Every year, fishermen in this coastal state of Vargas carry statues of the Virgin of the Valley in a traditional procession meant to bring peace and health. But now, they're using the "patron saint of the fishermen" to help prepare for something far from peaceful - a guerilla war against a U.S. invasion that President Hugo Chavez insists Washington is actively plotting. To prepare for a gringo attack, the Armed Forces and members of coastal communities recently stuffed three statues of virgins normally reserved for Catholic holidays with rifles and mortars to be used in a simulated ambush. The activity...
Inside, people of middle age drifting haggardly into dotage huddle around video kiosks with racing results beamed in from horse- and greyhound-tracks worldwide (or cable—one patron watched a Sandra Bullock movie). The tiled floor was littered with discarded ticket stubs, and the multi-story gambling lounge smelled like old cigarettes and old people...
...expected to do more of this. Another area the Queen can develop is what Frank Prochaska, a Yale historian, calls the "welfare monarchy": the royal family assisting charities and groups that help the disadvantaged. British monarchs have been doing this since at least Victoria; the Queen is already patron of 620 voluntary organizations. The trick for the royals here is to avoid a patronizing air of noblesse oblige, as well as political controversy. But "they're very good at it, and very good about doing it, but they don't get credit for it," says Worcester. More focus here will...
...insipid theme song from Ice Cube's new reality show Black. White out of my head. Everywhere I go hear those boring drums, that plodding baseline, those keys jangling like giggling girls. But mostly, I hear Ice Cube - the once patron saint of young black rage - forcefully asserting the obvious ("Please don?t believe the hype/Everything in the world ain?t black and white") or simply declining to make sense ("If you a zebra better come out them stripes"). Ice Cube always had a gift for capturing a cultural moment, and his new jingle, and the show it pushes, does...
...hard to distinguish from anyone else; this is especially true for many of the pitchers, who tend to be on the flabby side. One player in particular, thirteen-year veteran and Indians closer Bob Wickman (6’1 240 lbs.), could easily pass for a regular local patron at the Hong Kong, perched on a bar stool next to Touchdown...