Word: co-opt
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...frustrated when Kanye went onstage over an hour late, due to an unnecessary collection of lights and glamour.Perhaps someday I will be able to attend this generation’s Woodstock. Existing in the space along the fringe of the crowd, the people whose culture we were trying to co-opt served as a reminder of my romanticized view of music festivals, of the way things could have been. It is there that the Grateful Dead hippies, with their white bushy beards and carefree steps, have been dancing since the first synthesis of LSD. Perhaps I would have been less...
...just in case they don't, Obama has become increasingly aggressive in challenging the GOP ticket's efforts to co-opt his mantra of change. "You can't just re-create yourself," the Democratic nominee said Monday. "You can't just reinvent yourself. The American people aren't stupid." But if he is going to win over the Wal-Mart moms, Obama is also going to have to make a stronger case for himself...
...once labeled conservative Christian leaders "agents of intolerance" sought out their endorsements, only to twirl away once again when he too found himself held accountable for their beliefs. He argued that Obama's 20-year devotion to Wright was weightier than his own transparently cynical effort to co-opt megapastors like John Hagee and Rod Parsley. This is just politics, he winked--I don't have to believe everything they say. But social-conservative leaders will expect their voices to count in a McCain White House; if there is a belief that unites otherwise entropic Evangelicals, it is that...
...person per year. The U.N. similarly predicts that global meat consumption will double by 2050. To any observer, the prospect of ridding the population of carnivores appears rather bleak. Therefore, PETA has decided to follow a time-honored path: if you can’t beat them, co-opt them. In vitro technology would perhaps make everyone winners: the masses could enjoy a nice steak and the animal activists wouldn’t have see any cattle butchered for that steak.However, the legitimate question arises whether in vitro meat is a Pyrrhic victory for animal rights activists. The terms...
...would an author choose a book title that conjures up such a noxious image? Because that's how annoyed Godin is with corporate America's attempt to co-opt Web-based selling, via sites like YouTube and MySpace, and permission marketing (that's the sundae) for their stodgy businesses (the meatball). "It's not an accident that almost all the brands, products, and careers that have succeeded with New Marketing are brand-new and fresh," writes Godin. "It insists on a reinvention of the entire organization and the products it creates...