Word: protectorate
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Today Indians are looking to their own oral histories, as well as reading between the lines of the journals, to re-interpret what happened. Says Ben Sherman, president of the Western American Indian Chamber in Denver: "The upcoming events portray Clark as the benevolent protector of Indians--that's propagandist baloney." The tragic aftermath: as Governor of the Missouri Territory and Superintendent of Indian Affairs, Clark presided over President Thomas Jefferson's land-grab policy, which some historians characterize as a direct cause of "cultural genocide" and "ethnic cleansing...
Despite Hussein’s deplorable human rights record, the charges against him are not new nor are they different from those against dictators in all too many countries. However, the United States is not rushing to be the moral protector of the downtrodden elsewhere. What is different about Iraq is oil, and the Staff naively dismisses oil’s central role, as well as the Bush administration’s history of accommodating the oil industry. America cannot in good faith try to take the moral high ground on this issue...
...began in earnest half a century ago when Thailand started fervently pursuing Western-style development. The military government employed slogans such as "work is money, money is happiness." Those messages were antithetical to Buddhism, which teaches that suffering is quelled by rejecting material desires. In its constitutional role as protector of the state religion, the government began co-opting the clergy into supporting its new consumer culture. By the mid-1980s, the economy was booming and people were working hard to pay for fancy cars, mobile phones and Versace clothes. Temptations also breached the temple gates. Some Buddhist leaders were...
...Bartlett fighting for everything a majority of Americans desire, or that it is just a simple matter of appearing to be neither too liberal nor too conservative, then they will be bitterly disappointed when they turn from viewing to participating. "The West Wing"'s President Bartlett is a protector of the environment, but not at the expense of American jobs. He is no friend of the NRA, but he is tough on crime. He is a fundraiser, but he painlessly adheres to the letter of the campaign finance law. And when he commits U.S. forces abroad, you can be sure...
...attempt to truly resolve the issue would likely involve a partial or total privatization of rai, a prospect that gets a chilly reception from politicians of all stripes who count on it as a protector of their power. The Prime Minister himself has little interest in having the state sell rai, which would not only swipe away his newfound influence at the public broadcaster, but could also bring on stiffer ratings competition from a potential newcomer...