If you answered yes to any of these questions, then you share with most Americans an appreciation for (if not a fascination with) celebrities. ... We strive to find affordable replicas of the ridiculously priced designer clothing celebrities flaunt, and drool over the mansions they call home when they're not on exotic vacations or at movie premieres. ... And the nightly TV lineup is chock-full of "News Updates, " "Special Reports, " and "Inside Exclusives " about the wild antics or good deeds, tragic downfalls or rising popularity, ongoing crackups or latest "recovery ", and newest lov...

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The "English came to regard Irishmen as "savages" wild, untamable men" because they had deeply struggled to dominate Ireland. ... Only a selected few wrote these stories, yet they were accepted by the vast majority because they did not question those scholars or men of intellect who wrote them. ... Edward Said, a professor from Columbia University, felt that European perceptions of Middle East had not changed for many years; they were portrayed as erotic, mysterious, and full of marvels, he called this Orientalism. ...

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