Word: proletariat
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...century in the U.S., millions lived in squalor, and militias occasionally shot striking workers in labor disputes - it happened as late as 1914, in Ludlow, Colorado. Before the Bolshevik Revolution, Russia had one of the fastest rates of economic growth in Europe, even as peasants starved and an urban proletariat grew up ready to revolt. It's easy to see how, on a three-day trip, India might feel like a nation magically transformed. Bookstores have shelves dedicated to India's new economic might, newspapers review the latest Porsche, and television advertisements feature Indian astronauts drinking sodas on the moon...
...well-endowed muscular frame puts my own to shame. The sheer, intimidating perfection of his figure is a testament to the abhorrently unfair process of DNA distribution. In the interest of leveling the social playing-field, I support dragging Mr. Canaday down to the level of the genetic proletariat: scar his face, knock out his front teeth, surgically remove his bulging biceps…whatever it takes. It’s only fair. And we speak not only of Harvard, but also America. For even here, inequality festers in its many subtle forms. From income to intelligence to bone structure...
...clearly made by people with real compassion for the city’s poor. The problem is that the role of the victim in this story is filled by characters who seem like they could be doing better. By casting nerdy Jewish filmmakers and talented musicians as the proletariat of New York City, “Rent” trivializes real problems. Poverty, for most Americans, is not something that could be escaped by “selling out.” The reality of poverty for the homeless New Yorkers who get so little play...
...said, "they were placed in the back corner of the restaurant where people barely noticed them." KFC, with 1,200 restaurants, began rebuilding its image in China last summer. On its Chinese website, KFC presented a 1950s revolutionary-style picture of a fist (a symbol of the proletariat). The headline reads: KFC CHANGES FOR CHINA. Owner Yum Brands' Chinese CEO Su Jingshi says KFC is determined to provide Chinese-friendly food, like Cantonese egg tarts. KFC also reorganized one of its most popular meal combos: it replaced Coke and French fries with juice and fruit...
...crowd proves to be more Urban Outfitters than urban proletariat. After some well-manicured posturing, they all join her for an inexplicable group Dance Dance Revolution session, accompanied by synchronized neo-disco handtwirls from the whole crowd (the lone segment where dance style and music sync up coherently...