Word: tokenizes
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...your pro-religion propaganda "How Faith Can Heal" [Feb. 23]: Yes, you had a few weasel-word get-outs and token international bits, but most of it was fodder for the delusional. All it boiled down to was: Many Americans have religion drummed into them; religion can exert a placebo effect. P.S. It was in your issue dated Feb. 23 but I'm writing on Feb. 16. Is this a miracle? Brian Smith, BERLIN...
...Trinidad - at which Cuba is the only disinvited nation - says he favors keeping the embargo largely in place until Cuba demonstrates political reform. But he also knows that opening up to the island is necessary to mending Washington's broken relations with Latin America in general. By the same token, Raúl, who has insisted on U.S. concessions on items like the embargo before he delivers his own, like releasing jailed dissidents, surely knows he'll have to give a little on his side to crack the embargo. The Cuban Taliban was certainly not the man for a diplomatic...
...recognizing charity work, and given more frequently to producers than to actors. Lewis's commitment as a spokesman for the Muscular Dystrophy Association, notably in the 19-hour MDA telethon he fronts each Labor Day, has certainly earned him a hearty Hollywood thank-you. But it's a minor token, almost an insult, to one of the wildest, most imaginative comic talents in any medium and, without question, the definitive showbiz ego of the mid-20th century. (See pictures of Jerry Lewis...
...about validating the arts at Harvard as an important part of what the University produces. The Mass Hall exhibit affirms that by putting art in the nucleus of the University,” says Timothy J. Reckart ’09, whose stop-motion animated film “Token Hunchback” in Mass Hall encourages viewers to think about the “ethical status of entertainment careers built on the display of disability,” Reckart says.While the names of these student artists may not yield Wikipedia search results quite as impressive as those...
...promises to use the greenest technologies on the market, that won't make it livable. "It looks a bit like a prison to me," says Steffen Lehmann, an urban-design professor at the University of Newcastle in Australia who spoke at WFES. "It's going to be a 1% token-green enclave, while the rest of [Abu Dhabi] goes about business as usual...