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1 Information superhighway: a proposed high-speed communications system that was touted by the Clinton/Gore administration to enhance education in America in the 21st Century. Its purpose was to help all citizens regardless of their income level. The Internet was originally cited as a model for this superhighway; however, with the explosion of the World Wide Web, the Internet became the information superhighway. Then-Senator Al Gore Jr. introduced it at a 1978 meeting of computer industry folk, in homage to his father, Senator Albert Gore Sr.

2 Paramount: of the greatest importance or significance; pre-eminent. Something that is paramount or of paramount importance is more important than anything else.

3 Proponent: a person who argues in favour of something. If you are a proponent of a particular idea or course of action, you actively support it.

4 Pundit: an expert; (formerly) a learned person. A pundit is a person who knows a lot about a subject and is often asked to give information or opinions about it to the public.

5 Dallas – a soap opera that was originally shown on US TV. Its main characters were a rich family called the Edwings, who owned an oil company and had exciting lives. The stories were usually about power, money, etc

6 Touch off: to cause to begin.

7 Backlash: a sudden and adverse reaction, esp. to a political or social development.

8 Stall: to employ delaying tactics towards (someone); be evasive.

9 Dash: to destroy, to hurl, to crash, to frustrate.

10 Breadth: distance, extent, size, or dimension; openness and lack of restriction, esp. of viewpoint or interest.

11 Rosy: optimistic, esp. excessively so. If you say that a situation looks rosy or that the picture looks rosy, you mean that the situation seems likely to be good or successful.

12 Pressing: demanding immediate attention. A pressing problem, need, or issue has to be dealt with immediately.

13 Spring: to develop or originate. If one thing springs from another thing, it is the result of it.

14 Assert: to insist upon (rights, claims, etc); to state to be true; declare categorically. If someone asserts a fact or belief, they state it firmly.

15 Malaise: a feeling of unease or depression; a complex of problems affecting a country, economy, etc.; a state in which there is something wrong with a society or group, for which there does not seem to be a quick or easy solution.

16 Array: an impressive display or collection. An array of different things or people is a large number or wide range of them.

17 Lofty: A lofty ideal or ambition is noble, important, and admirable.

18 Zeal: fervent or enthusiastic devotion, often extreme or fanatical in nature, as to a religious movement, political cause, ideal, or aspiration

19 Kowtow: to touch the forehead to the ground as a sign of deference: a former Chinese custom. If you say that someone kowtows to someone else, you are criticizing them because they are too eager to obey or be polite to someone in authority.

20 Diatribe: a bitter or violent criticism or attack; denunciation. A diatribe is an angry speech or article which is extremely critical of someone's ideas or activities.

21 The Managing Director of the IMF is elected for a five-year term

22 Tinothey Garton Ash of St Anthony’s College, Oxford, one of Britain’s most astute observers of European affairs

23 The article was published in 2005

24 The article was published in 2006

25 Rio de Janeiro, 1992

26 Beijing, 1995

27 Rome, 1996

28 Durban, 2001

29 Madrid, 2002

30 Johannesburg, 2002

31 The article was published in 2007

32 Thomas Riggins, “Why humanists should reject the social contract”, march 20, 2001

33 Chandrika Kumaratunga, president of Sri Lanka (1994 – 2005)

34 D = Universal Declaration of Human Rights; C = International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights; E = International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

35 Lexicalized from “Sham,” the Arabic name for Syria, with which the process started.

36 Пакс американа Внешнеполитическая идеология доминирующего положения США в мире. Выражение использовалось в некоторой части прессы сразу после второй мировой войны в 1945 со ссылкой на монопольное владение США атомной бомбой, благодаря чему США считали себя вправе навязывать всеобщий мир на собственных условиях