Word: jingoism
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...fans from chanting. The team has announced that "strict guidelines for fan conduct will be enforced, and fans may be asked to leave, even for chanting, if it disturbs other fans." No "hey, batter, batter"? No chants of "U.S.A., U.S.A.?" What's an international baseball game without a little jingoism? (One wonders whether chants impugning the virtue of the umpire's female relatives--in a completely apolitical manner, of course--would fall under the guideline...
...from chanting. The team has announced that "strict guide-lines for fan conduct will be enforced, and fans may be asked to leave, even for chanting, if it disturbs other fans." No "hey, batter, batter"? No chants of "U.S.A., U.S.A.?" What's an international baseball game without a little jingoism? (One wonders whether chants impugning the virtue of the umpire's female relatives--in a completely apolitical manner, of course--would fall under the guideline...
This is not a suggestion that historians brainwash students and engage in a frenzy of flag-waving jingoism. America, however, would be well served if students in its universities made a general study of its history...
...Pakistan and India pull back? Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee said his country might reach an agreement not to be the first to use nuclear weapons. Domestic opposition to his party's nuclear jingoism is starting to emerge now that cooler heads assess how much sanctions, like the World Bank's postponement of an $865 million loan, may hurt. Even some in the Indian military are urging restraint. "I don't see a warlike situation building up on either side," says General V.P. Malik, chief of staff...
...soon indicate "an interest in supporting or participating." All in all, it's hardly a Gulf War-style coalition being built here. Meanwhile, Boris Yeltsin continues to rail against the United States' "unrealistic and dangerous" attempt to establish "world hegemony." And congressional leaders continue their own rhetorical journey into jingoism. If Clinton can negotiate his way out of this one, he'll surely deserve that Nobel Peace Prize...