Word: totalitarian
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Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar. And sometimes, according to House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, a cigar is an economic prop to a brutal totalitarian regime. Arguing against loosening sanctions against Cuba last year, DeLay warned that Fidel Castro "will take the money. Every dime that finds its way into Cuba first finds its way into Fidel Castro's blood-thirsty hands.... American consumers will get their fine cigars and their cheap sugar, but at the cost of our national honor...
...exhibit through July 10 at the Prague Castle Riding Hall. The late U.S. paleontologist Stephen Jay Gould ranked Burian's work alongside that of American Charles R. Knight, the world's most celebrated painter of dinosaurs. Burian earned a cult following in the Czech Republic, particularly during the totalitarian era. "Burian, who along with his nation was denied freedom in the second half of his life, was able to encode it into most of his works," Vladim?r Prokop, the exhibition's curator, says. "[He made] an effort to capture a life in freedom and harmony with unspoiled nature." Looks like...
...have seen the sign, and the days of totalitarian offense are nearing...
...exhibit through July 10 at the Prague Castle Riding Hall. The late U.S. paleontologist Stephen Jay Gould ranked Burian's work alongside that of American Charles R. Knight, the world's most celebrated painter of dinosaurs. Burian earned a cult following in the Czech Republic , particularly during the totalitarian era. "Burian, who along with his nation was denied freedom in the second half of his life, was able to encode it into most of his works," Vladimír Prokop, the exhibition's curator, says. "[He made] an effort to capture a life in freedom and harmony with unspoiled nature...
...China and a curiosity to know more about it. But there is a distinct cultural gap. Basic questions pop up all the time that people don't quite know how to answer. Is China still a communist country? Yes, and it retains many of the hallmarks of a totalitarian state. Can people travel freely from China? That depends on where they live in China. It also helps if they choose an Approved Destination (Australia and New Zealand were among the first countries to be granted this status). In such a poor country, where do people get the money...