Word: shuns
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...face of Sept. 11, the terrorists who hate America would have continued plotting attacks against us. If anything, our complacency would have entrenched the perception of American vulnerability and emboldened terrorists to inflict even greater harms. When one is attacked, fighting back always involves a certain risk. But to shun the fight would be far more perilous...
...celebrity CEO over? "Their risk profile just went up exponentially," says Jules Kroll, head of the security firm Kroll Associates. But most identifiable CEOs are already well protected, he says. It's other executives who aren't. "Some of the wealthiest people in the corporate world shun security," says Kroll. "They could use more...
...Georgetown University's Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding estimates the fraction of immigrants who attend mosque at a mere 10%, many American blacks, with converts' zeal, memorize verse after verse of the Koran and are extremely serious about Islamic injunctions against premarital sex, abortion and alcohol. Most also shun MTV, Hollywood films, hip-hop and dancing. Such social conservatism also translates politically: the tally of Bush votes among African-American Muslims was 25% higher than in black America as a whole. The community is thoroughly patriotic: W.D. Muhammad sometimes leads his flock in the Pledge of Allegiance before worship...
...they were wanted by police on the mainland, they turned themselves over to local authorities. An extradition battle is now brewing: China wants the Tus back, and the Taiwanese police want to try them on the island. The Taiwanese in Nanhai aren't holding their breath. Says Chang Chin-shun, the secretary-general of the area's Taiwanese businessmen's association: "Taiwan wants the evidence, but in this case there's nothing we can do to help...
...they see white people as better," says Peter Ngumo, 23, a Nairobi clothing salesman. "They believe being light is the only way they can be appreciated." West African mothers still pinch their babies' noses in the hope they will grow thinner and more European-looking. Modeling pageants still shun African shapes and stipulate slim hips. Add the influence of advertising and television and, "as much as a lot of people don't like to admit it, the belief that light skin is more desirable is deep-rooted," says Sameer Ambegaonkar, managing director of Kenyan advertising agency Scanad...