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...species, the hipster as a genus has its roots in the 1930s and '40s. The name itself was coined after the jazz age, when hip arose to describe aficionados of the growing scene. The word's origins are disputed - some say it was a derivative of "hop," a slang term for opium, while others think it comes from the West African word hipi, meaning to open one's eyes. But gradually it morphed into a noun, and the "hipster" was born...
...Last week, however, Education Minister Gideon Saar made the controversial decision to remove the term “al-naqba” from textbooks in Israel’s Arab schools. “Al-naqba,” or, in English, “the catastrophe,” describes how some Arabs view the State of Israel’s 1948 establishment. While some outspoken leaders of Israel’s Arab community are outraged over the decision on grounds of “repression” of Arab cultural heritage, Israel simply cannot afford to subsidize...
...Made headlines with a surprise 2008 decision to oppose 18-term incumbent Don Young in the U.S. House Republican primary - and lost by just 304 votes. (Parnell's father, Pat, had run and lost against Young as a Democrat in the 1980 general election...
...against their more liberal party members. They held meetings in the office of former Louisiana Representative Billy Tauzin, who reportedly had one of Cajun artist George Rodrigue's famous Blue Dog paintings hanging on his wall. The Blue Dog Coalition's website also lists as an inspiration the 1928 term Yellow Dog, used to refer to a Southern Democrat who was more likely to vote for a dog than for a Republican. Instead of being blinded by party loyalty, this new group complained that it had been "choked blue" by its own party...
...Moreover, the term Cadillac health plan is a tad misleading. Aside from a small number of corporate executives - like the CEO of Goldman Sachs who reportedly enjoys a health plan costing $40,543 a year - many of the Americans with health-insurance plans substantially above the national average (which is about $13,000 for a family of four) are state employees and union members. It's true that the few Wall Street and other Fortune 500 executives have gold-plated plans that pay for any doctor or specialist, require no out-of-pocket expenses and tack on perks like nutrition...