Word: stirs
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...successful cooperation" with former FPO ministers under their new banner. Analysts say that by distancing themselves from the extreme-right members of the former FPO, Haider and his new alliance might win back voters lost because of the party's divisions and harsh policies. A recent attempt to stir up anti-Turkish sentiment backfired when FPO posters vowing "Vienna must not become Istanbul!" were ridiculed. Political scientist Peter Filzmaier says the new party will aim for 10% in parliamentary elections next year: "If he can do that, he will be in the game again," says Filzmaier. If not, Haider...
Video games, like all other art, form the lens through which we see the world, the patterns of subconscious thought that stir beneath our eyes and frame what we see and what we do not. What happens when a generation of children is more familiar with video games than any other form of art, including the art of conversation? What happens when children are vastly more comfortable with simulations than with narratives? What happens when a significant portion of a generation’s experiences of pleasure derive from what is essentially the subconscious insinuation of algorithms? What happens when...
...American International Group (AIG) fessed up to improper bookkeeping in a deal with a unit of Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway. AIG severed ties with its iconic former CEO Maurice (Hank) Greenberg. But it is Greenberg's link to the even more lionized Buffett that's causing the biggest stir...
...favorite White House cliche-he raises important issues about White House reporting. His central point is that the press is biased toward conflict. It is and should be. Policy, politics and the formation of new ideas take place in an atmosphere of conflict. But not all newsworthy events contain stir and angst. Getting the balance right is important. Fleischer's discussion of left-leaning bias is relevant but feels outdated in a world where Fox news and right-leaning bloggers are ascending...
...intermittent presence of vocals only serves to further stir the strange brew of shimmers and undulations that is the band’s signature sound. Their ascetic abstention from such a historically fundamental element of rock is somewhat surprising but goes a ways in illuminating the reason these four Scots aren’t better known...