Word: realpolitiker
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...their ratings success in New York, where they are often No. 1 in their prime demographic-- men 25 to 49. Gregg (Opie) Hughes (he looks like Opie from The Andy Griffith Show), 36, and Anthony Cumia, 39, are the descendants of Howard Stern, replacing his sour trangressiveness with male realpolitik: while Stern interviews strippers, O&A just want them to take off their clothes...
...deal with, in order, America’s role in the world, Europe, the Western Hemisphere, Asia, the Middle East and Africa, globalization and the enforcement of human rights. It is the typical Kissingerian approach, dividing the world up into neat geopolitical spheres each suitable to a policy of Realpolitik...
...over where to hold the Olympic Games in 2008. That gives both sides very little time to put the spy plane issue behind them before President Bush is due to visit China in the fall. Chinese leaders are anxious to see the Bush administration move from campaign rhetoric to realpolitik, allowing both sides to break the impasse in the relationship rather than letting it languish. Because Beijing is entering a very complicated transition period, in which its leaders are going to find it hard to take bold decisions or major risk. And, of course, the weaker they feel, the more...
...mastering the strategic realpolitik of managing relations with Beijing weren't hard enough, President Bush now faces the additional discomfort of having China policy emerge as a domestic political issue. Even as the President comes out swinging now that the 24 U.S. personnel are safe, his handling of his first international crisis is taking a hammering on the right, where commentators are lining up to bash it as dangerous appeasement. And it has to sting a little when a president seeking to model himself on Ronald Reagan is accused by true-blue conservatives of having handled the matter as Bill...
...That's a perfectly reasonable, realpolitik consideration for a government. But it has nothing to do with reporting. And this crisis provides a useful reminder that, contrary to popular belief, our media are often not nearly as troublemaking as they should...