Batumi
Batumi or Batum , city (1990 est. pop. 136,609), capital of Adjarian Autonomous Republic , in W Georgia, on the Black Sea near the Turkish border. A major port and trade center, it is also the terminus of the Trans-Caucasian RR, the Crimean-Caucasian steamship line, and an oil pipeline. Batumi is an important petroleum-shipping port and has oil refineries, shipyards, and food-processing plants. Site of the ancient Greek colony of Batis, the city belonged to Georgia in the Middle Ages, fell to the Turks in the late 16th cent., and passed to Russia in 1878.
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Jingoism.(Opinion & Editorial)
Newspaper article from: Manila Bulletin; 2/12/2003; 700+ words
; ...IT seems that George Bush is reviving jingoism in America. He seems inclined to transform...America showed the world who's the boss. Jingoism is a term derived from the phrase by...ve got the money too." Thereafter, jingoism acquired a pejorative meaning: a belligerent...
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 "The Economist (US)")
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High-tech jingoism; how not to nurture technology. (editorial)
Magazine article from: The Economist (US); 7/1/1989; 700+ words
; High-tech jingoism How not to nurture technology DOMINIONS...should be a small one. High-tech jingoism often moves forward in small steps which...fundamental reason is that high-tech jingoism cuts scientists off from other scientists...
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Parliament - Europe: Heath condemns `Tory jingoism' over euro entry
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 3/9/2000; ; 516 words
; ...and attacked the Tory leader for "sheer jingoism" over his policy of ruling out British entry...being in Europe but not run by Europe - sheer jingoism," Sir Edward said. "All this jingoism has created the suspicion among the rest of...
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 "Weekend Edition - Saturday (NPR)")
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Commercialism, Jingoism Overrun Olympic Achievements
Transcript from: Weekend Edition - Saturday (NPR); 8/3/1996; 700+ words
; ...especially in women's athletics, the crass commercialism and jingoism may sadly be best remembered. SCOTT SIMON, Host: As the...RON RAPOPORT: That's what NBC has done - the relentless jingoism - that is, seeing announcers like Tim Daggett [sp] openly...
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 "The Record (Bergen County, NJ)")
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WAR JINGOISM IN THE SCHOOLS
Newspaper article from: The Record (Bergen County, NJ); 1/27/1991; 297 words
; The Record (Bergen County, NJ) 01-27-1991 WAR JINGOISM IN THE SCHOOLS Date: 01-27-1991, Sunday Section...the combatants themselves, but rather to the mindless jingoism from which such an action mostly derived and which it in...
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 "Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales)")
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Letter: English jingoism.(Letters)
Newspaper article from: Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales); 8/18/2008; 508 words
; ...of course, right when he says that there is no room for jingoism in one's love of one's country. However, before making...church practising its own well established form of English jingoism and linguistic colonialism, Archbishop. This is the anglican...
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When optimism becomes denial - and jingoism.(Daily Break)
Newspaper article from: The Virginian Pilot; 7/22/2006; 700+ words
; ...way? I believe it is a combination of things: religion, jingoism and popular culture. The U.S., with its predominantly...not Jesus' intention, these characteristics fuse well with jingoism: a kind of extreme chauvinistic nationalism often marked by...
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 "The Birmingham Post (England)")
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Heath rounds on Hague for 'jingoism'.(News)
Newspaper article from: The Birmingham Post (England); 3/9/2000; 395 words
; ...Hague's policies on Europe, saying they were nonsensical 'jingoism'. The former Prime Minister ridiculed Mr Hague's 'In Europe...does that mean ? 'It means nothing at all. It is just sheer jingoism. We are not going to be run by Europe.' Speaking at a Parliamentary...
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Jingoism is back.(Features)
Newspaper article from: Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales); 5/23/2006; 403 words
; ...the Union flag, displaying their right-wing inclination and British nationalism. It all sounds like good old-fashioned jingoism to me which will, in time, no doubt, lead to the teaching of the old lie, 'Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori.' D...
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Jingoism spoiled Euro 96 for blacks
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 7/1/1996; ; 700+ words
; ...follow an England victory. "What was natural patriotism turns to nationalism and becomes tinged with xenophobia as part of the jingoism. A lot of people feel they have been at the sharp end of that sort of diatribe. What was most worrying for them is: 'Should...
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Jingoism
Encyclopedia entry from: International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences
Jingoism The term jingoism dates from the late 1870s. The jingoes, so termed after a music...supporters of a strong British foreign policy in the Near East. Jingoism subsequently came to define any foreign policy in support of national...
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jingoism
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History
jingoism A mood of inflated patriotism. The term originated in 1878, when Russian successes in a war against the OTTOMAN EMPIRE had created...
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Japanese Americans
Encyclopedia entry from: International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences
...They were not alone. The first Japanese immigrants entered the United States at a time when xenophobia, racist nativism, jingoism, and labor struggles helped to create the realities of hardship and survival that give credibility to every American immigration...
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jingo
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
jingo a dated, chiefly derogatory expression for a vociferous supporter of policy ( jingoism ) favouring war, especially in the name of patriotism. Originally (in the late 17th century) a conjuror's word, by jingo...
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Morley, John
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to British History
...under his direction became a major vehicle for the propagation of a new species of radical Liberalism, campaigning against jingoism, imperial adventures, repression in Ireland; it was Morley, together with Joseph Chamberlain and Charles Dilke , who formulated...
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