Word: pseudo
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...venue, a heavily guarded army barracks about 50 kilometers north of Rangoon, seems grimly appropriate for this exercise in pseudo democracy. Residents of the capital jokingly refer to it as the "concentration camp," despite the government's assurance that attendees?who are not allowed to leave the barracks during the convention?have been furnished with "TV, karaoke, newspapers, movies, stage show, gymnasium and golf course." The 1,076 delegates, most of them handpicked by the regime, have been issued a list of stern guidelines. According to the state-run New Light of Myanmar newspaper, "delegates are advised...
...Medieval cathedrals, name nine. Think up a few specific examples of “contemporary decadence,” like Natalie Wood. If you can’t come up with titles, try a few sharp metaphors of your own; they at least have the solid clink of pseudo-facts...
...months over the course of 2003 smuggling box cutters, matches and bleach onto various Southwest Airlines flights. Following his highly illegal but completely undetected actions, Heatwole sent an email to the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) in which he acknowledged the criminal nature of the acts but claimed that his pseudo-terrorist doings were motivated by the desire to make the skies safer for the “air-traveling public.” He signed the email politely: “Sincerely, Nat Heatwole.” So much for the illusion of airtight airport security...
...most of its revenue from memberships, which have been flagging, says analyst Kathleen Heaney at the Maxim Group, a New York City brokerage firm. That's temporary, according to Eliot Glazer, vice president of North American marketing for Weight Watchers. "A lot of what is behind low carbs is pseudo science," he says. He reports seeing a flood of disheartened low-carb dieters come to Weight Watchers as "they find they really need help to lose weight...
...report’s vapid section on “Harvard College Courses” (it’s telling that they couldn’t even come up with a name), the proposed pseudo-replacement for the Core, reads like a bad handbook for elementary school teachers: “A Harvard College Course on world histories might be built around ‘cultures and contacts,’ introducing students to significant moments, from multiple centuries and continents, in which civilizations interacted in cooperative or competitive ways; it might introduce students to episodes of international trade...