Word: thugging
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...views of rapping. He shows the class, intellect and business ethic of African Americans. As a white teacher in an urban setting, I am pleased to see a role model for many of my students who aspire to become rappers. You don't need to be a drug-dealing thug...
...Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince, A Tribe Called Quest and LL Cool J successfully wove suburban perspectives into rebellious music, but when gangsta rap arrived, nuance was smothered by a blanket of extreme poses. Tupac Shakur, once a student at the Baltimore School for the Arts, died with THUG LIFE tattooed across his torso. On The College Dropout, West found a way to bridge the divide without self-destruction. His follow-up, Late Registration, arrives Aug. 30 and continues to mix race and class with beats and melodies. It is widely expected to be the biggest-selling record...
Transforming that political culture begins with the liberation of Iraq. Not just replacing a murderous thug regime with a popularly elected, pluralistic government but also creating a catalyst for similar transformations elsewhere. We have already seen such an effect in Lebanon--a democratic uprising that even Druze leader Walid Jumblatt, no friend of the U.S., admitted was a domino effect from Iraq. Similarly, Iraq's transformation has helped advance women's suffrage in Kuwait, competitive elections in Egypt and even democratic stirrings in so inhospitable a place as Syria...
Described by a high Bonn official as "a thug and an international gangster and pirate," Abu Nidal reportedly operates less for ideology than to gain notoriety and money from others who hire his services. After leaving Arafat, he led his council on numerous terrorist attacks. He is believed to have organized assaults on synagogues in Rome, Paris and Vienna. His council has also been linked to the 1982 shooting in London of Israeli Ambassador Shlomo Argov, an incident that touched off Israel's invasion of Lebanon that year; the 1983 murder in Lisbon of Issam Sartawi, a top Arafat aide...
...terrorists appear to have consumed that morning, and forensic tests of the contents of the dead gunman's stomach corresponded to that fare. The Austrians were grimly discreet as they pressed their investigation, taking care to avoid the glare of unwelcome publicity. "We don't want every terrorist thug to know the faces and names of the judges and policemen on the case," said a tightlipped spokesman for the Ministry of Justice. The Austrians had good reason for caution: for the past 4½ years three Abu Nidal terrorists have been held in Austrian jails, so far without incident, in connection...