Word: popularizers
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...standpoint, these are not civilian villages, they are military bases. This is not a recommendation. This is a plan. And it has been approved.” Such an open admission of the intent to inflict maximum damage, no matter the severity of the initial threat, wholly invalidates the popular claim that Israel is targeting only Hamas. According to Eisenkot, anyone within these “civilian villages” becomes a justifiable military target, including young children. Collective punishment is a far too diplomatic term for such a ruthless strategy. Ali Abunimah, a prolific Arab-American author and blogger...
...such drivers - or for golfers to give up the new clubs they got for Christmas. (Acushnet Europe, maker of the King Cobra LD, said it was reviewing the study but declined further comment.) There have been no population studies to date, and, while golf may be a popular game among retirees suffering from age-related hearing loss, there has been no indication of increased inner-ear damage among younger, healthier players. That may be because the titanium clubs have become popular only in the past decade, and ultra-thin-faced clubs even more recently (it can take several years...
...spending will come in the form of tax cuts - the preference of Republicans - including rebates for individuals and business investment. That disclosure has already sparked grumbling among more liberal Democratic activists. Some parts of the stimulus package, like a possible extension of unemployment benefits, will prove to be politically popular. But a large chunk of the spending will come in the form of federally funded infrastructure investment, the sort of spending that is typically doled out by powerful lawmakers, often to their home districts, in exchange for political favors - what most of America calls political pork...
...most part, however, the MEK is no more popular with the Iraqi population than it is with the central government. In his speech from the Green Zone on New Year's Day, al-Maliki made it clear that the MEK would lose its protected status. "This group has been labeled a terrorist organization," al-Maliki said. "It can no longer operate in Iraq after today because it has caused a political crisis that contradicts the constitution ... We will never force any of these people to go back to their country ... but Iraq cannot be a base for these people...
...Miguel Caballero has opened a new shop in Mexico City that is drawing worldwide attention for its merchandise: luxury bulletproof clothing. With prices ranging from a few hundred dollars to $7,000, Caballero’s leather jackets, polo shirts, coats, shorts and ruffled tuxedo shirts are becoming increasingly popular with political leaders and celebrities from around the world...