Word: revolutionism
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During those same 16 months since the victory of the so-called Orange Revolution, the new regime of President Yuschenko and his prime minister, the flamboyant Yuliya Tymoshenko, has delivered on many of its promises, but also been plagued by infighting and mutual accusations of corruption. On the one hand...
Even more harmful were allegations - never dealt with by the President in any convincing way - that his son Andriy paid for his notoriously high lifestyle of posh cars, penthouse apartments and expensive parties with revenues from Orange revolution symbols, patented in his name as trademarks and sold at the market...
Our report on farmers' protests throughout the Chinese countryside elicited heartfelt sympathy from readers who are appalled by that government's corruption, land grabs and failure to provide basic services. But there was also alarm over what a destabilized China might mean for its neighbors "Inside the pitchfork rebellion" [March...
But it is a delicate balancing act for Shays. Even as he did his best to distance himself from the Bush Administration, the Connecticut congressman made some comments that also tied him closely to the Iraq effort. He repeatedly compared the Iraqis' struggles to create a democracy to America's...
Famously permissive San Francisco, home of the counterculture revolution 40 years ago, might seem an odd choice for a giant Christian youth rally that its organizers dubbed a "reverse rebellion" against the excesses of pop culture. But sex and drugs were most emphatically not included with the rock 'n' roll...