Word: posterize
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...Fidel Castro and Miami's rabidly anti-Castro lobby are poised to lock the little boy in a cold war custody battle between his U.S. relatives and his father and grandparents in Cuba. As soon as Elian was plucked from the ocean, Cuban-American politicians appropriated him as a poster child, even using a photo of him lying on a gurney to illustrate anti-Castro placards distributed at last week's World Trade Organization meeting in Seattle. "If the image of a child can be effective in campaigns like muscular dystrophy, then it can make people aware of Castro...
...boxing discovered a century ago, games become more socially acceptable when they're confined to arenas and given rules. And the new, paintball-like feel may even improve Quake's reputation in the eyes of teachers, parents and legislators in the post-Columbine era. "We are sort of a poster child for violence in video games," says John Carmack, id's founder and owner, "but when people sit down and have a good time in Quake III, it's hard for them to think this is a bad thing...
...COOL How do you sell a heating system made in Germany? An ill-advised ad agency in Taiwan tried a cartoon Hitler announcing he was "declaring war on cold fronts." The makers were not amused, and the poster was pulled...
...people [to help poster]," he says. "I'm not so much an organization as a grassroots movement...
True to his word, he runs into a friend standing outside Matthews Hall. "Hey, want to poster for me?" He asks, handing her a stack. "Sure," she shrugs. After a brief chat, Dreyfus moves...