Word: vulgarize
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...mooning of George W. Bush by global-warming protesters in Goteborg, Sweden, last week was only the latest and most vulgar example of the criticism that has been heaped on the President since March, when he declared that the Kyoto agreement on climate change was dead. The Administration, otherwise disciplined and well scripted in its first few months, has been left dazed and confused by the outcry at home and especially abroad. It tried to recover its footing by touting a myriad of other worthy environmental initiatives. But the problem hasn't gone away. The President needs to come...
...some serious work to do. Let's face it: Right now, people are turning to other outlets for their sentimental needs because traditional greeting cards are in a sad state. Gone are the gentle witticisms of the past. In their place, a new breed of cards has emerged: Crass, vulgar and totally inappropriate for anyone not hoping to pledge a particularly odious fraternity...
...hard for 20 years," he says passionately. "I was penniless, dying hard for my groceries. I can now live in a reasonably sized detached house. I'm still very strong in Japan and Korea. But I may be a little passE in Hong Kong. The place is so extravagant, vulgar, expensive. I may be too soft for Hong Kong. I don't always count myself as one of them...
...people in Italy," says Sancton, "but none more fascinating than Silvio Berlusconi." Sancton has been tracking Berlusconi's career since the 1980s when the ebullient entrepreneur took part in launching France's first private TV network - to the horror of a French cultural establishment that viewed him as a vulgar Italian parvenu. "When I heard Berlusconi was mounting a bid to run for Prime Minister in 1994, I thought it was just a publicity stunt to promote his business interests," says Sancton. But when he won, it was clear that a major change had taken place in Italian political life...
...editor and now Arts empress, made the astute observation: “My roommates and I are wondering WHY the model Giselle is going out with Leonardo di Caprio. He isn’t attractive any more (a frat boy paunch without the frat boy is twice as vulgar) and she has plenty of her own money, is the undisputed queen of the super-models and should be able to get any one she wants, or at least get the one she wants to the gym. So we need an explanation. Personally, I think she should pull a Gwyneth...