Word: screed
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...mixture of dried fruits and nuts traditional to the start of Persian new year festivities, I felt the entire queue, composed of housewives with pet dogs, teenagers, and clerks from a nearby ministry, shake with fury. I hadn't even heard of the film until that morning when a screed about it came on the radio, so I was able to nod darkly with the rest of the shoppers, savoring a moment of public accord so rare in Tehran. Everywhere else I went, from the dentist to the flower shop, Iranians buzzed with resentment at the film's depictions...
...that would block the deal. In Paris, Finance Minister Thierry Breton lambasted Mittal's decision to make an unsolicited bid, accusing him of having "a grammar problem," while President Jacques Chirac searched for ways to stop the takeover. One former French Prime Minister, Michel Rocard, wrote an angry screed entitled "Europe Should Say No," that advocated the introduction of a blanket ban on acquisitions by non-Europeans. At Arcelor itself, chief executive Guy Dollé slammed Mittal Steel as "a company of Indians" that was offering "monkey money" for his firm, which he described as "perfume" compared...
...laughable degree and, not coincidentally, possessed of a very adolescent point of view. Most of their lyrics read like a slightly improved version of the poetry of a fifteen-year-old goth, and the song “Teenagers” in particular sounds like the screed of someone who never quite got over being picked on in high school...
...some, you lose some. Q: And what about the firefighter whose pension plan put money into Amaranth. A: Oops. Alas, this Q-and-A was clearly fictional. I’m not a lefty (or even a Democrat). I don’t intend this to be a screed about the evils of capitalism. What Amaranth can teach us, rather, is the need for a little humility. The people at Amaranth were the best and the brightest. They were graduates of the best colleges. They took fairly rigorous math and economics courses, where they probably learned Portfolio Theory and Black...
...Cent and the Game, anyone?—so as to keep the hype boost well within the family. Mogwai’s anti-BRIT sentiments represent a perfect intersection of the above-mentioned categories. Their own music, while more compositionally accomplished (Barry added to his anti-Blunt screed with, “I have spewed blood down dirty toilets with more talent”), is also melodic British rock that attempts to win over a similar audience. But Mogwai stands as an indie band smugly assaulting their major label peers. The band is also a prime candidate for attention...