Word: subbed
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Britain can no longer beat up its former colonies on the battlefields of sub-Saharan Africa, the expanses of the City of Manchester Stadium became the location where Britons had to prove—more to themselves than any neutral (and, doubtless, uninterested) third party—that they were superior to their colonial underlings...
Early on, to move past the “What if I really do have to give tours?” anxiety, I took a quick orienting trip to the museum the day before my scheduled start. The unproductive excursion merely revealed hundreds of sweaty, sunburned tourists, sub-zero temperatures and several fishbowl-like working environments where the tourists can gawk at museum specialists. The Digital Archiving Lab and Star-Spangled Banner Preservation Lab are located on public floors, and are fitted with clear windows so that tourists can stare at the working experts and leave finger and nose-prints...
...America thought about comicbooks. By examining the dark psychology of an American icon, and presenting it in a sharp, funny parody of our over-mediated world, Miller won praise from even the most adamant of non-comics readers. His "grim 'n gritty" take on old Bats created a sub-genre in the comics press, inspiring the movie series as well. But like Lucas' follow-up to the first "Star Wars" series, Miller's return to his past success doesn't recapture the magic...
...outlawed and ostracized. Pacifying the masses with airhead pop groups and infotainment, criminal mastermind Lex Luthor has secretly taken control of the U.S. behind a virtual-reality President. Batman, thought dead by the rest of the world, rescues various imprisoned heroes like The Atom, who controls his height from sub-atomic size to colossus, The Flash, who can run to the other side of the world in less than a second, and Plastic Man, who turns himself into any shape he desires. Together they battle not only Luthor, but also Superman, now forced to due Luthor's bidding for reasons...
...Short last week bluntly described the E.U.'s development programs in Africa and other poor countries as "an outrage and a disgrace.'' She criticized the Commission for spending too much money on places such as the Balkans and North Africa and not enough in the more desperate countries of sub-Saharan Africa. The Commission says the money is going where member states want...