Word: savioring
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...with a military man done in by the politicians. He turned to the people for the way to the country's salvation: "You can always trust them and believe in them, for in their hearts they are good and true." The people, in turn, looked to him as a savior. MacArthur for President organizations mushroomed...
...Savior politics occurs when distrust of the electoral system reaches a point where only a simple "truth teller" can put an end to the suspicion. The pervasive fear of communists in the late 1940s and early '50s bred many petty "saviors" who were going to rescue Hollywood, or the radio industry, or publishing. MacArthur and McCarthy were the supersaviors atop this pyramid of subordinate redeemers...
...reasons, and because so many view George Bush and Bill Clinton as "just" politicians, Perot could actually win in November. The anecdotal evidence supports the surveys. People see Perot as a personification of the American Dream (from newsboy to billionaire) and want to believe in him as a political savior. They are eager to perceive him as having the character and temperament to be President. So far, he has performed like the supersalesman he is. The grass-roots, empowering feel of his effort ("If you sign it, he will run") survives his having hired some political pros; few believe Perot...
...prospect of Serbian domination under the intolerant Milosevic helped speed the secession of Slovenia and Croatia, whose own fanatically nationalist leader fueled fears among the Serb minority there. It was as the savior of the Serbs who live outside Serbia's borders -- nearly one-third of the community -- that Milosevic entered the fray. His strategy has been simple -- and effective. He stirs up Serbs with talk of imminent genocide, then sets his proxies loose to "protect" them, with fatal consequences for Croats and Muslims. Yet he insists that his aim is not the creation of a Greater Serbia, only...
...corporate buyers. Faced with debilitating debts, rising defections by suppliers and disappointing holiday sales, the New York City retailer dubbed the world's largest store is on the verge of bankruptcy. Last week, only hours before a deadline to pay some of its creditors, Macy's almost found a savior in the person of billionaire Laurence Tisch, chairman of CBS and a member of the retailer's board. Through his family-controlled Loews Corp., Tisch offered to purchase the store chain and inject as much as $1 billion in new capital, buying out stockholders and bond owners at prices below...