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Bully Pulpit

The term "bully pulpit" stems from President Theodore Roosevelt's reference to the White House as a "bully pulpit," meaning a terrific platform from which to persuasively advocate an agenda. Roosevelt often used the word "bully" as an adjective meaning superb/wonderful. The Bully Pulpit features news, reasoned discourse, opinion and some humor.

Tuesday, September 18, 2007

Not Kosher

(Fox News) - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has said Israel should be destroyed and has questioned whether the Holocaust took place. But now one of the hottest TV shows in Iran takes a sympathetic view of the Holocaust and makes a hero out of an Iranian diplomat who helps Jews escape from World War II Nazi-controlled Paris.

"Zero Degree Turn" is a fictionalized adaptation of a true story. It airs on state-run television, meaning it has been approved at the highest levels of the Iranian government.

The show also skirts another taboo in Iran, by allowing female actors to break the state-mandated Islamic dress code.

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