Word: sellout
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...percent” matter-of-factly enough to douse the glimpse I might have had of an everyman who just happens to enjoy spinning records. Oakenfold’s living the life of a superstar and enjoying it. I venture to wonder how he feels about being called a sellout...
...rated the likelihood of Saddam's initiating a chemical or biological weapons attack against the U.S. as "low." That testimony appeared to contradict Bush's claim in Cincinnati that Saddam could lob those weapons at the U.S. or its allies "on any given day." Bush sympathizers saw a sellout by the CIA. "That wasn't intelligence, that was pure speculation," groused a former senior Pentagon official...
That outcome had taken weeks of negotiation. When Israeli and Palestinian authorities consented to the deportations as a way to defuse the standoff, Israeli hard-liners and Palestinians of every stripe complained that it was a sellout. But the situation had grown desperate. The city of Bethlehem had been in lockdown since April 2; food inside the church compound had virtually run out. Eight Palestinians had been killed by Israeli gunfire, and an Armenian monk had been wounded by an Israeli sniper...
...angered his fans when, after the government lifted his ban and he was allowed to play to audiences again, he recorded some songs about the Burmese Kings of yore written by a friend he used to jam with but who had since joined the military. He was called a sellout for kowtowing to the government. Ethnic fans were outraged, as the Kings had subjugated their people. Another official requested he make an album about the nation. He agreed again, but said he wanted to write the songs: he completed eight, one dedicated to each of Burma's major ethnic groups...
Apolo Anton Ohno, the 19-year-old skating sensation, anchored the relay and electrified the sellout crowd of 15,394 when he burst away from the second-place Italian team with about seven laps to go. He finished off the victory by gliding across the line on one skate, punching a fist...