Word: proclaimer
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...clear political message and agenda, falling heavily on the side of the Republicans. Within that camp, the film sympathizes with the local militias and anarchists. The film does simplify the nuances of each warring side: fascists are often childlike, hiding behind women and children, while the Republicans, proud idealists, proclaim “El mañana es nuestro!” (“Tomorrow is ours!”). All the Spanish communists fall under the sway of Stalinism, while the anarchists remain wedded to their egalitarian and democratic ideals to the death. Despite the director?...
...future tourism destination. In 2004, the U.N.'s troops began withdrawing (though peacekeepers returned after last spring's violence), and East Timor was hailed as the little nation that could. The euphoria lasted long enough for World Bank president Paul Wolfowitz to visit Dili last year and proclaim: "It really is a remarkable story. In just a few years, the people of [East Timor] have built a functioning economy and a vibrant democracy from the ashes and destruction...
Perret’s statement simply is not true. Mexico never formally declared war against the U.S., according to Jesús Velasco-Márquez, a specialist on the war. And it did not proclaim its intention to “repel” American aggression until July 1846, nearly two months after Polk signed the U.S. declaration...
...largest organ transplant centers in Northern China in order to procure a liver for his “ailing father.” Not particularly in the mood for subterfuge, Hayes asks the doctors if they received the organs from executed prisoners. The hospital officials cheerfully proclaim, “The prisoners on death row have done many bad things. Before they die they give their organs as a present to society...
Given her criticism of McCain on stem cell research, the author must have been one of the first to proclaim Senator Kerry a flip-flopper, as she evidently has no understanding of the nuance under-appreciated in federal legislation, especially in legislation pertaining to an issue as scientifically technical in its complexity as stem cells. Sadly, compared to the remainder of her attack on Senator McCain, it bears the closest resemblance to informed criticism...