Word: saviorism
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What if similar statements were made by a politico of another country? "I say given quite plainly--when I come to power, there will be a dictatorship!" Sound absurd? People in the Kremlin aren't laughing. Enter the world of Vladimir Zhirinovsky, self-appointed savior of the former Soviet republic...
...refused to give up," said John Carl Warnecke, an architect who helped develop a plan to preserve the 19th century character of the square. "She said this is 'a last-ditch effort.' A lot of other people have taken credit for Lafayette Square, but she was the true savior." After leaving the White House, she would help save New York City's Grand Central Terminal from the wrecker's ball...
Tarek was the story's savior. He patiently edited it, teaching me some basic stylistic points about sportswriting...
...trappings of a high-powered American-style advertising campaign, complete with public relations consultants and sound-bite coaching. Not surprisingly, the key to success was television. With three national networks at his disposal, the fledgling candidate was able to meticulously craft an image of himself as a savior of a country mired in economic stagnation and convulsed by scandal. Gaps in campaign broadcasting laws allowed him to beam his televised pitch directly into the living rooms of up to 45% of the country's TV viewers, blitzing voters with his vaguely worded commitment to family, business, freedom, profits and competition...
...kills himself rather than face capture by the police -- returns to earth as a prospective angel to save his adolescent daughter from a fate like his own. The girl's only apparent sin is to dance sexily in a ballet that implies the loss of her virginity. The father-savior doesn't say anything meaningful to his child. He just leaves a star that presumably symbolizes religious faith. The daughter is thereupon declared magically transformed, with no more evidence of her new goodness than of her old badness...