Word: upliftment
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Other programmers are banking on a broader change in mind-set for the Obama era. MTV, which spent most of the Bush Administration blinging out with Cribs and My Super Sweet 16, is slotting more-idealistic shows, on the theory that young millennials want uplift now. But it's keeping The Hills, just in case...
...Such uplift would be a seductive proposition at any time. As markets tumble and great institutions falter, the idea that the future can be predicted - and potentially improved by that foresight - seems irresistible. The British Astrological and Psychic Society reports demand for readings rising faster than the country's national debt. Practitioners also note a surge in first-time clients, many of them men. Ashby says her clientele used to be 80% female; "now it's about 60/40...
...developing world has had no shortage of dictators who made lofty promises to uplift the poor and build a powerful nation. Few ever delivered...
...developing world has had no shortage of dictators who made lofty promises to uplift the poor and build powerful nations. Few ever delivered. But then there is South Korea's Park Chung Hee. A general who took control of South Korea after a coup in 1961, he ruled, often with an iron fist, for 18 years. Yet he was also deeply moved by South Korea's destitution. In the early 1960s, the country's per capita national income was just over $100 and the economy depended on American aid. Park, a virulent nationalist, vowed to do something about this...
...neighboring Rigby & Peller shop, offering the classic lingerie styles reputed to find favor with the Queen alongside racier, French maid-themed numbers, is also deserted, but two perky salesgirls claim weekend trade is brisk. "Once people have tried our bras, they always come back," says one. "Everybody wants that uplift." It's a sentiment gloomy British retailers and their gloomier customers must surely endorse...