Word: vacuums
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...politics and media abhor a vacuum. Presidential candidates always pass through a series of metamorphoses (Bush and Gore have both been through two or three already). The Gore-Bush race may become, in its own way, riveting. We live in hope...
...English-speaking world is seen through French eyes, and to an extent through the eyes of the other European nations, as a threat to the survival of European languages and cultures," says Sancton. "English dominates the Internet and this spying case is seen as America having the ability to vacuum up information from all over Europe and using it to extend that dominance...
...being overwhelmed. The standard office tower can be covered these days with electronic signage, huge liquid-crystal display screens, Jumbotron TVs and zip strips of news and stock quotes. Modernism forbade the use of carvings and other decorative attachments on building surfaces. That created something like an optical vacuum that advertising is finally moving to fill. In such places as New York City's Times Square, billboards and electric signage are becoming the ornamentation of the information...
...Nokia's strapped to your belt to look in the mirror and recognize that you look like an idiot. This ain't Star Trek, that's no Tricorder, and you're no Star Fleet Officer. There will be plenty of time later in life for you to fill the vacuum in your self-esteem with expensive gadgets. For the time being, spare the rest of us. If you're so worried about keeping in touch, carry a few quarters in your pocket...
...particular, observers are concerned that a political vacuum on the conservative side of German politics could be a breeding ground for the rise of the right wing - something that has been happening in Europe's other German-speaking nations. The right-wing Swiss People's Party recently gained 20 percent of the Swiss vote, while J?rg Haider's ultra-conservative Freedom Party in January rose to co-ruler in Austria's coalition government. Even Schroeder has tried to drum up support for the CDU, warning that if the party dissolves, Germany's democratic balance will be thrown out of whack...