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washingtonpost.com » washingtonpost.com - Politics - Aug 10, 2008
For Nikki Tinker, Tennessee's 9th Congressional District hung as sweetly as a plum in the state's Democratic primary. It has a black majority, is full of churchgoing African American women like herself, and includes …
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"The Quirky Aggressive": The Latest Female Archetype? [Character Assassinations]jezebel.com » Jezebel - Aug 8, 2008 In the context of her smart review of The Wackness and Olivia Thirlby's character Stephanie, blogger Lauren Bans introduces the concept of what she calls "the quirky aggressive" which she sees as a female archetype … Also tagged: movies, manic pixie dream girls, archetypicals, quirky aggressives, character assassinations |
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Christie Brinkley Always Looks on the Bright Sidenymag.com » Daily Intel - Aug 4, 2008 Does anyone know the way to Stepford?Photo: Getty Images During her divorce trial from Peter Cook earlier this summer, Christie Brinkley tormented us by speaking in a special language she seems to have invented, made … Also tagged: aliens, peter cook, divorces, christie brinkley, bons mots, the summer of divorce |
ibm.com » Roo Reynolds - Jun 16, 2008
bowblog: What is Speechification? - Steve describes Speechfication. “we roam the corridors of the BBC’s archive selecting the stuff we think is really excellent, unusual or important and putting it on display” …
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Cliché as poetrytelegraph.co.uk » Arts Listings - May 22, 2008 Clichés are bad. Unexamined phrases reflect unexamined assumptions. Good writing must search for freshly minted expressions and unique observations. Such is the received wisdom. But it isn’t necessarily correct. The … Also tagged: george orwell, muriel spark |
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Going forward: CEOs should stop saying 'going forward'bloggingstocks.com » BloggingStocks - May 4, 2008 Filed under: Management I'm tired of reading press releases filled with CEO-speak: meaningless phrases, extra words, and a preference for the convoluted over the substantive. I would much prefer that corporate … Also tagged: language, going forward, goingforward |
bloggingstocks.com » BloggingStocks - May 3, 2008
BloggingStocks: I'm tired of reading press releases filled with CEO-speak: meaningless phrases, extra words, and a preference for the convoluted over the substantive. I would much prefer that corporate publicists write …
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Casio EX-F1 Slow-Mo Super-Cam arriving in Aprilgadgettastic.com » gadgettastic.com - Mar 14, 2008 The Exilim EX-F1 is nearly here, from the end of April, you will be about to shoot Hi-Def video at an astonishing 1200 frames-per-second for Hollywood-style slo-mo greatness at the touch of a button. Standard rate PAL … Also tagged: video, movies, digital, cameras, the, standard, movie, speed, pal, 3, action, clocks, homemade, and, a, rate, functions, button, 1200, pixels, an, frames per second, 1872, approx, delivers, hi speed, ex f1, 2112, astonishing, 2816 |
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Praise be to the video game clichéjoystiq.com » Joystiq - Jul 24, 2007 Filed under: Culture Wired's Chris Baker is handing out free lessons on the language of video games, clichés. Baker explains that more so than television or movies, video games depend on the unique iconography of … Also tagged: explodingbarrels |
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Praise be to the video game clichéjoystiq.com » Joystiq - Jul 23, 2007 Filed under: Culture Wired's Chris Baker is handing out free lessons on the language of video games, clichés. Baker explains that more so than television or movies, video games depend on the unique iconography of … |