Word: token
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...Marshall Scholarships are awarded by the British government as a token of thanks for the U.S. Marshall Plan, which provided aid to Britain after World War II. The scholarships aim to foster understanding and amity between the two nations by supporting two years of study at British universities for American students...
...strategy won't work if W. follows the cynical example set by his dad and Ronald Reagan. Their approach to racial diversity was to appoint token blacks like Clarence Thomas, whose main credential was being conservative. Many blacks wrote off Thomas and his ilk as turncoats. Nor would it matter how many blacks Bush appointed if they, like Thomas, espouse policies that most African Americans abhor...
...strategy won't work if W. follows the cynical example set by his dad and Ronald Reagan. Their approach to racial diversity was to appoint token blacks like Clarence Thomas, whose main credential was being conservative. Many blacks wrote off Thomas and his ilk as turncoats. Nor would it matter how many blacks Bush appointed if they, like Thomas, espouse policies that most African Americans abhor...
Sure, Thanksgiving is supposed to be about carved-in-stone traditions-Detroit Lions NFL games, drippy cranberry sauce, the day after shopping craze, the nationwide massacre of an arbitrary bird, the token acknowledgement of Pilgrim-Indian relations-but where in the bylaws for Turkey Day does it demand that pop culture dissolve into templates...
...Cost a Thing," which has a melody eerily similar to "If You Had My Love" (wait! Two complaints: 1) "If You Had My Love" suggested a possibility that you might not get Jen's love while "My Love Don't Cost a Thing" gives up even that token pretense of resistance. What a tramp!... and 2) I think Puff Daddy would disagree. Jennifer's love costs a whole lotta dough. No "Ifs", ands, or butts about it.) Hit "seek" again and you'll also inevitably hear more of Ricky Martin's bastardized Latin pop. Like the BSB, the only interesting...