Word: rife
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...Haddad decided right away that Borat was not ready for prime time in most of the Middle East, in part because it portrays Kazakhstan as a country rife with incest, rape and disco dancing. "Many of these countries, especially in the Gulf, have economic ties to Khazakstan, and the idea of turning a poor Muslim country into something ridiculous would be insulting. They are not going to understand that that's being exaggerated to make people laugh...
...France rejects affirmative action as incompatible with its republican ideals of color-blind equality for all citizens. Nice in theory, but that's not working in practice: discrimination continues, inequality is rife, and notions of color-blindness don't square with the rising chorus of racially loaded commentary. Color-blindness may also function to keep France blind to racial discrimination and inequality, but the rising tide of anger in the projects and racist chatter in the mainstream suggests that the French may soon have no choice but to openly confront what color-blindness prefers...
...1960s, ends up as a biochemistry entrepreneur in the business of extracting enzymes from urine. Another rises through the communist ranks by spouting whatever Party line is correct at any given time, thus enjoying a life of chauffeured Audis and plentiful shark's fin soup. Their stories, rife with the contradictions that puzzle China scholars, encapsulate the country's history and pose questions about its present course: will China dominate the world or crash spectacularly? Pomfret doesn't dictate the answer. Instead, he gives us the material to argue for either conclusion-and many subtle gradations in between. -By Hannah...
...struck by a strong case of Nativity naïveté, I regret to inform you of the existence of this newsletter, and I offer you my apologies. But, for your own good, you must know that because of it, many, and probably most, Christmas cards are rife with patent falsehoods, half-truths, and distortions...
...title “Crescendo” would have been just as fitting for Friday night’s performance of “Verdi, Brahms, and Strauss” by the Harvard Radcliffe Orchestra (HRO) in Sanders Theatre. While the pieces played were all rife with dramatic crescendos, the show as a whole formed an overarching crescendo in both performance complexity and tone.The concert marked the second performance of HRO’s 199th season and featured three powerful pieces, one of which included twin guest performers Emily and Julia Bruskin of the well-reputed Claremont Trio. The night?...