Word: proclaimer
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...such conditions, a character like Chavez could emerge any day from the barracks, or one like Fujimori from the presidential palace, to proclaim himself the champion of the people's fears and frustrations. And it's all too easy to imagine the crowds cheering...
Watching the Orioles take Batting Practice (BP), I felt a lot like any other spectator, though. How could this arena proclaim itself my "home?" Home was Memorial Stadium, the Orioles' ex-field. How could this imposter greet me with a sardonic "Welcome Home...
...colonialists and colored natives. Jackson would never support a return to the blank check American patronage of Israel that some groups demand. I know that this is reason enough for some American Jews to refuse to support him for president, as is their right. It is wrong, however, to proclaim that Jackson's stance demonstrates anti-Semitism and makes him an enemy of the Jewish people. Jackson's views are not all that different from those of a substantial number of Jews...
...brewery will begin slipping more than 30,000 "talking" beer cans into 12-packs of Coors Light and other Coors brews. Filled with carbonated water, the lucky cans look and feel the same as those that contain beer. But pull the tab, and a light-activated voice mechanism will proclaim you the winner of one of more than 40,000 prizes -- ranging from CDs to surround-sound audio systems -- valued at almost $1 million in all. Now, if you'd rather just have a beer, Coors will offer a refund or another beer, depending on state laws, says a spokeswoman...
Tsongas, the ungainly long shot with his stark probusiness philosophy, ran strongest among college-educated and independent voters. Looking beyond the controversies that have dogged the Arkansas Governor, New Hampshire granted Bill Clinton a strong second-place finish (25%) so that on primary night he could proclaim himself "the Comeback Kid." The big losers were two Senators who never grasped that so far 1992 represents a repudiation of politics as usual. War hero Bob Kerrey of Nebraska, an oddly diffident campaigner, offered the voters his biography wrapped in a glib media campaign and finished a poor third (11%). Harkin...