Word: materialist
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...hardly bears mentioning. And yet, this simple logic is lost on a good deal of Americans, to say nothing of Americans, journalists. In movies, on television and in magazines, 'Arab' and `Muslim' are often buzz words for gun-wielding, grenade tossing, Qu'rantoting fanatics bent on destroying the imperialist, materialist Satan that is the United States. When was the last time you saw an Arab `good guy' on your television screen...
Mack says. people are often reluctant to accepta notion that threatens their "world view," whichgives them a structured place in the universe.Experiences with other entities or energies causeus to reevaluate our Western, materialist outlook,says Mack...
...between, he has written stories on everything from pets to Raisa Gorbachev, from the history of World War II to the Tiananmen Square massacre. Two years ago, our sister publication People magazine spirited him and his menagerie away. But life at TIME seemed so unfulfilling without our eclectic materialist that we enticed Howard back to the fold as Society editor last spring. Since then, he has overseen covers that have examined the ethics of Dr. Jack Kevorkian's euthanasia campaign, the culture of violence in America and the anguished battle over Baby Jessica. "Politics and science and business often deal...
...falls apart on one important count. Phillips' conception of political motivation lacks the richness and texture he's capable of. Since Marx first said that proletarians would rise up when they became aware of their economic situation, perhaps no former Republican's interpretations of politics has been as strictly materialist as Phillips...
Phillips also blames growing social problems on a poor economy. Check out this materialist gem: "Moreover, stagflation fed social disruption, so that by the late 1960s and early 1970s, divorces, drug use and hemlines were rising alongside inflation, interest rates and debt...