Word: slanderous
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Single sex schools have always made me nervous and I’m historically not a fan of female-only anything. Women slap, we slander, we’re backstabbing gossips—one episode of “The Bachelor” and you’d have to agree. But this penchant for petty drama isn’t a new phenomenon: from Bible stories to the Bennett family, women have battled over bloodlines and boyfriends, wardrobes and wedding dates. Ann Jones, the criminal profiler, once wrote, “The story of women who kill...
...keep an eye on postings and to delete those that might anger Beijing. "You have to know where the pressure lines are," says a monitor at Xici Hutong, a site where Chinese journalists share ideas. He says he removes pornography, which is illegal in China, as well as personal slander and "political things." One of China's two biggest portals, Sohu.com, routinely talks with government regulators about what topics to add to the forbidden list. "China is undergoing a huge experiment in its transition to a free society," explains Charles Zhang, Sohu's CEO. "We need to be responsible...
...revisitation of the carnival ugliness that infested public life in the 1990s." I'm afraid that whoever the candidates will be, the campaign will be ugly. In American politics, the parties seem to think that no matter how preposterous and grossly fabricated a charge is, it pays to slander. The Bush Administration has set a tone that works for it. You can count on the Republicans to do whatever it takes to win. Laurent de Wilde Paris...
...revisitation of the carnival ugliness that infested public life in the 1990s." I'm afraid that whoever the candidates will be, the campaign will be ugly. In American politics, the parties seem to think that no matter how preposterous and grossly fabricated a charge is, it pays to slander. The Bush Administration has set a tone that works for it. You can count on the Republicans to do whatever it takes to win. Laurent de Wilde Paris Sharp Businessman Your article on the sharp corp., Japan's hottest electronics firm, and its president, Katsuhiko Machida, showed that slow and steady...
...telling the whole story about what happened in Andijan. Uzbek authorities claimed that 173 people died, mostly militants. But based on first-hand experience and other eyewitness accounts, Zainabitdinov said the death toll could be as high as 1,000 - and demanded an international inquiry. The government answered with slander charges that could mean up to five years in prison. Said Muzaffarmirzo Iskhakov, the Andijan chair of the Ezgulik (Goodness) human-rights group: "They did not let his family see him, or even send him some food." Surat Ikramov, chair of Uzbekistan's Initiative Group of Independent Human Rights Defenders...