Word: juggernaut
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...rehashed prejudices, Americans might learn why much of the rest of the world—not just neo-medievalist Muslims—fear and cluck disapproval at the country’s headstrong populace. The modern Western world believes that the United States is a cultureless, violent, under-educated juggernaut whose two primary activities (both carried out at McDonald’s) are eating hamburgers and shooting people. This rash generalization is one that Laxer’s book bears out and that Americans would do well to understand, whether to mend their habits or to embrace them...
...terror nevertheless distrust America; accordingly he has pressed for bountiful long-term international aid to Afghanistan, and last week made news by promising a quick push for Israeli-Palestinian peace. None of this directly contradicts Bush's own views. But by staying half a step ahead of the American juggernaut, Blair can keep nudging it in the direction of sustained diplomatic involvement in a messy world--something George Bush shied away from before Sept...
...Unfortunately, all the common sense in the world can't seem to stop the juggernaut of anthrax anxiety. And the need for calm is real - in New York, thousands of nervous people are flooding 911 lines and hospitals, worried that they might have been exposed to anthrax. They most likely haven't, and public health officials are worried this will further tax an already strained health system. And overuse of Cipro and other antibiotics could help breed newer, antibiotic-resistant strains of anthrax. It didn't help matters when the governor of New York, George Pataki, announced he was popping...
...beach in Brazil, or staring down an invading army of Pokemon and Britneys, however, it can be equally as radical to speak out for your society. To a protest singer in Mali or Haiti, is the target a government that stifles personal freedoms or a global juggernaut that threatens local traditions and economic autonomy? Is the oppressor the state, which might jail you for playing your music, or Western entertainment conglomerates, which can so thoroughly marginalize your music that you might as well be in jail...
...What juggernaut could possibly have kept P. Diddy's The Saga Continues out of Billboard's top album slot this week? The answer is ALICIA KEYS, 20, whose Songs in A Minor is the musical surprise of the summer. Keys, a classically trained pianist, describes her sound as "Beethoven meets Wu-Tang, with a lot of soul." Besides reaching record buyers, she also grabbed Prince's attention with a cover of his B-side chestnut How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore? "He invited me down to perform at this festival he just finished putting on in Minneapolis," says...