Spectacle
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Despite his acumen, Prokhorov surrounded himself with such people, pretentious wizards who have turned Russian politics into the revolting
spectacle
that it is.
Fortunately, post-Brexit contagion has so far failed to materialize, most likely thanks to the embarrassing public
spectacle
that the UK has become since June 23, with its economic prospects dimming, its financial sector – a global powerhouse – scouting new locations, and its leaders stabbing one another in the back.
And, naturally, there was Greece, where the phenomenon reached its apogee during the near-riots of October 2012, in which the world was treated to the
spectacle
of Nazi and German flags flown together – and then burned – together before the Acropolis in scenes that presaged the Der Spiegel cover.
It is a type of public spectacle, staged on Twitter.
Our society of the spectacle, normally so quick to manufacture an instant celebrity to serve as the “face” of the crisis du jour (anything from swine flu to a truckers’ strike), has not taken an interest in the fate of a single one of the “migrants.”
But it would have spared Europe the
spectacle
of its member states’ governments baring their teeth at one another.
Instead, Trump needs to put substance before spectacle, above all by confronting Kim with the latest intelligence findings.
The
spectacle
of a communist regime trying to jack up a casino-like capitalist market is just one of the many contradictions that have been accumulating in almost every corner of China’s economy and politics.
Asserting Western values in a unified way and then assigning jobs to those who can do them best seems a more effective and dignified approach than the present
spectacle
of Americans moving forward almost blindly while Europeans try to look away.
And yet the candidate is a secondary issue – a symptom of the rapid transformation of the Grand Old Party itself, which has been a bewildering
spectacle
for American and foreign audiences alike.
Here in California last year, we were treated to a remarkable
spectacle
in which the state’s Republican delegation in the US House of Representatives did not even bother to argue for a tax package that would benefit their constituents.
Instead, the world marveled – indeed, was awed – by the
spectacle
of long lines of South Africans of every race snaking their way slowly to polling booths on April 27, 1994.
On September 1, dozens of opposition lawmakers created a primetime
spectacle
inside Mexico’s parliament by occupying the speaker’s podium, thereby denying outgoing President Vicente Fox the chance to deliver his final state of the nation address in person.
We are concerned that the Beijing Olympics might simply become a giant
spectacle
to distract the attention of the international public from the violations of human and civil rights in China and in other countries with the Chinese government’s significant influence.
This peculiar
spectacle
of national suicide, while unusual, is not entirely unprecedented.
But in late September, tens of millions of people endured a 90-minute spectacle, billed as a presidential “debate,” in which Trump demonstrated unequivocally that he is not presidential – and why so many people question his mental health.
Licking the Boot that Kicks YouNEW YORK – Watching Michael D. Cohen, US President Donald Trump’s former lawyer and self-described “fixer,” testify to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform was a remarkable
spectacle
to behold.
The urge to flatter is as conspicuous as the
spectacle
of self-love.
He knows how to weld people who feel weak and unrecognized into mobs drawn to his
spectacle
of angry charisma.
A real-estate developer cum entertainment and media tycoon, Berlusconi combined the
spectacle
of serial infidelity and glamorous young women with a populist politics based on tax cuts and sympathy toward autocratic petro-states like Russia.
US President Donald Trump’s administration, in particular, is presenting a disgraceful
spectacle
with its chaotic messages regarding the withdrawal of the few American troops on the ground.
And this
spectacle
promptly gave way, minus Hellenic elegance, to the perversity of a new generation of Sophists holding that truth is a wavering shadow, that man is the measure of all things, and that the truth of each is precisely equal to that of his neighbor.
The gruesome
spectacle
inspires jihadi sympathizers around the world, while fomenting fear in local communities, to the point that the Islamists are often able to impose their will – including medieval codes of conduct – on the societies in which they operate.
The Patriot versus the PresidentNEW YORK – It was an extraordinary spectacle: Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Vindman, a US military officer in full dress uniform decorated with a Purple Heart, testifying in the House Intelligence Committee’s impeachment hearings on November 19.
The Trump administration’s flailing efforts to reduce the flow of migrants arriving at the US-Mexico border have long been a source of public
spectacle.
Amid the tawdry
spectacle
of the GOP being transformed into a subsidiary of the Trump Organization, one shocking aspect stood out: the party offered no platform.
This has given rise to another kind of frivolity: the
spectacle
of vacuous praise.
Madame Hennebeau, who was very pale and felt angry with these people who had spoilt her pleasure, stood in the background with a sidelong look of repugnance; while Lucie and Jeanne, though trembling, had placed their eyes at a crack, anxious to lose nothing of the
spectacle.
The
spectacle
of this agony so overcame him that he tried to find words to advise submission.
When the cloth was removed, Bovary did not rise, nor did Emma; and as she looked at him, the monotony of the
spectacle
drove little by little all pity from her heart.
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