Word: populists
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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First decide whether you are going to be pretentious or populist. Here's a quick way to tell: if you talk about "visual spectacle " and "narrative continuity," you're pretentious. If you tend to say things like, "a must-see! Fun for the family!" then you're a populist. Not that there is a right side or a wrong side to be on, of course. But you have to pick a side and stick to it. Imagine Stanley Kaufmanns describing any given movie as a "lollapalooza of a film," or Gene "I loved it!" Shalit speaking of the auteur...
Louzoum's assassination was a reminder that no one is safe in Algeria as a populist Islamic fundamentalist movement struggles to take power from the army-backed state. Despite an official state of emergency under strict military enforcement, more than 3,500 Algerians have been killed in the past two years, the head of state was assassinated 18 months ago, and two former Prime Ministers have packed their bags and moved to Paris...
...President Carey Gabay has said that he hopes the group will work with the U.C.'s own revaluation committee and not against the student government. Gabay is concerned that the poll might present certain "populist reforms" which are not in the best interests of the students...
...Duma, parliament's lower house, celebrated the pain-relieving approach by voting its members a pay increase, free travel on planes and trains, free apartments in Moscow, free telephones and 24-hour limousine service. "Are you crazy?" demanded populist politician Nikolai Travkin, pointing to the government deficit already in the trillions of rubles. The other parliamentarians ignored...
...America, there are whiffs of disenchantment. The "populism" surging through American politics these days has a certain antidemocratic flavor. Or, at least, it reflects a resentment of democratic institutions and procedures. "Washington" and politicians have replaced "Wall Street" and rich businessmen as populism's favorite targets. The favorite populist remedies -- congressional term limits, a balanced-budget amendment -- would be new constraints on democracy. And, like earlier versions, today's populism hungers for a strong leader on a white horse. Thus Ross Perot, America's would-be Fujimori...