Word: stunt
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...flurry of critics have decried the plan as a rushed and heavy-handed stunt that will crush Aboriginal autonomy. Aboriginal academic Boni Robertson has been waiting for action on child abuse since she authored a major report in 1999 detailing crimes against Aboriginal women and children in Queensland. But she fears that applying punitive welfare measures to everyone will imply all Aborigines are "irresponsible monsters, when there are many parents who are doing the right thing." She warns too that, without extensive rehabilitation services, banning alcohol will only shift the problem elsewhere. As in the N.T., many communities...
...other mayors in the greater Attica region, Kortzidis gained overnight celebrity status and won national support for his cause. Thousands of supporters poured onto the streets for a beachfront rally, as a nationwide debate resumed over the commericialization of beaches. Critics billed the mayor's protest an "extreme stunt," but that did not deter the once rotund Kortzidis, who fasted for 24 days and shed 16 pounds. He ended his water-and-fruit-juice protest last Sunday after assurances from the government that it would produce new legislation on the management of Greece's beaches. "The mayor's motives...
...down on movie work or found other employment. And few youngsters have risen to take their place. Instead of tapping the icons, producers of action epics often recruit dramatic actors (Johnny Depp for Pirates, Tobey Maguire for Spider-Man, Matt Damon for the Bourne franchise) and build the big stunt scenes around them...
...hoax that fooled even the editors at TIME, the Netherlands' controversial Big Donor Show, in which three ill patients were supposed to compete to receive a kidney, turned out to be a publicity stunt to raise awareness about organ donation. Some patients waiting for transplants appreciated the idea, like one woman, who told the AP, "I thought it was brilliant, really." SCORE...
...trashed and uploading your drunken rendition of “Fat-Bottomed Girls” to YouTube is the sort of risk schools want to encourage. Subjecting everyone involved in a student government scandal or newspaper plagiarism case to the same treatment as Tom DeLay or Jayson Blair would stunt growth more than thalidomide. Better to let students screw up privately now instead of publicly later...