Word: propagandas
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...other parts of the world are casting their ballots for the first time, you are powerless to change the course of your government. While your peers in other parts of the world have received educations that prepare them for the opportunities of a global economy, you have been fed propaganda and conspiracy theories that blame others for your country's shortcomings. And everywhere you turn, you hear extremists who tell you that you can escape your misery and regain your dignity through violence and terror and martyrdom. For many across the broader Middle East, this is the dismal choice presented...
...Reich,” taught by the world’s reigning authority on the subject, German department chair Eric Rentschler. Rentschy, as we affectionately call him, is a fantastic professor, and this is an eye-opening course. Weekly screenings range from Leni Riefenstahl’s visually stunning propaganda pictures, “Triumph of the Will” and “Olympia” (required texts for anyone seeking to understand film history), to hilarious German romantic comedies from the 1930s (unfortunately, turns out they’re totally pro-Nazi). “Munchhausen?...
...Your Bra Doesn't Fit, Go Shopping That's the agenda behind all the bra-size propaganda you're hearing...
...Whenever people ask me what it’s like to attend Harvard, classes are never the first thing that come to mind. I launch into passionate propaganda about The Crimson and The Independent. I babble about “Pirates of the Boston Seas,” The Storytime Players’ production last year. I enthuse over how the Harvard Square Homeless Shelter is completely student-run. And I warble about all the amazing people that I have...
...Africa; some believe an enhanced presence would cut the need for "teeth." Centcom has had a small contingent in the Horn of Africa state of Djibouti since 2002, and Centcom commander General John Abizaid told the Senate Armed Services Committee in March that the unit has helped "discredit extremist propaganda and bolster local desires and capabilities to defeat terrorists before they can become entrenched." How? By training local forces, digging wells and building schools--not to mention goodwill...