Word: cheapening
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...today’s elderly maintain a duty of active stewardship for those who will come in the future. There are live wires between us, and to describe the American contract of caring for citizens of other generations as a mere siphoning process, as Brooks does, is to cheapen...
...down on the grass are appreciating the great outdoors. Even if the new chairs give only the illusion of a cohesive community, that’s better than a barren landscape of rush-in and rush-out. The naysayers among us critique the chairs as tacky carnival props that cheapen the prestige of Harvard Yard antiquity. But those people clearly don’t realize that these fine pieces of art were modeled after those same butt-warmers found in the Jardin du Luxembourg of Paris. Hellooooo, if anything, the chairs heighten the elitist aura that we know and love...
...What lessons can be learned from the Abercrombie experience? The first has to do with pricing. As the economy spiraled downward and competitors like Aéropostale started discounting like crazy, Abercrombie refused to lower prices. The company insisted that price-cutting would cheapen the cachet of the brand...
...recession, and everyone's hoping to capitalize in one way or another. Spags admits that he would like to use the site as a springboard for a possible book deal, but feels that "any revenue I'd make off of the site itself" - it currently generates none - "would cheapen what the site is all about." No pun intended...
...simple convenience. However, perhaps recording makes sense under limited and structured circumstances. For example, emergency absences from class are to be expected, and recordings could help these students catch up on missed material. If, however, it is a privilege to be at this college, why choose to dilute or cheapen that experience...