Word: proclaimed
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Kissinger, a European refugee who read Metternich more avidly than Jefferson, is unabashedly in the realist camp. "No other nation," he writes, "has ever rested its claim to international leadership on its altruism." Other Americans might proclaim this as a point of pride; when Kissinger says it, his attitude seems that of an anthropologist examining a rather unsettling tribal ritual. The practice of basing policy on ideals rather than interests, he points out, can make a nation seem dangerously unpredictable...
...grisly threat, replayed over and over on South Korean television, was a sharp reminder of the acrimony growing between North Korea and most of the world after Pyongyang once again refused to submit to international nuclear inspection. The North cranked up its noisy propaganda machine to proclaim the Korean peninsula on "the brink of war" and pointedly reminded the U.S. not to forget that 54,246 American soldiers died in the Korean...
...case "Thelma and Louise" wasn't enough to do it, this movie will once again question how anyone can proclaim Julia Roberts the actress of her generation with Geena Davis for transcendent beauty in this movie, the intangible radiance that distinguishes "stars" from run-of-the mill actresses...
...funniest moment in "Sex and Zen," part of an ongoing series at the Harvard Film Archive entitled "Outlaw Sexuality," occurs during the credits. Huge letters proclaim "Recommended by," and after a moment, the name of Penthouse magazine is emblazoned on the screen. In case you hadn't figured out what you were watching, that recommendation at the end should tell you everything...
...racial fights last year; early this month 80 were wounded in a brawl among 600 prisoners wielding sticks and knives, which led to the segregation of black and Latino inmates. Residents of rural Northern California are so sick of paying for Southern California's urban nightmares that they loudly proclaim proposals for dividing the state into two or three...