Word: cleverisms
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...There are a number of clever ways that will mandate how the principal will be handled. According to Bloomberg, "Like earlier efforts from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. and housing industry groups, the new plan will make use of interest-rate reductions, loan extensions and so-called principal forbearance, in which part of a mortgage's principal is deferred to the end of the loan's term...
...careful delivery keep the show from making the jump from shallow to annoying. But the consciously homoerotic humor can be a turn-off in excess, as in the unnecessary number, “A Fine Bromance.” And, though the audience can handle the comedic onslaught, clever lines sometimes get lost amidst the musical commotion. Scenes in which all of the actors are dancing tend to be confused and sloppy, save for the entertaining newborn baby kickline at the end. Supported by the jazzy sounds of composer Alex B. Lipton ’11 and the HPT band...
...agency, probably part of the Treasury, could give banks the money to help qualified car buyers keep their vehicles. A man sitting in his house looking out the window could see a car he is helping to pay for sitting in the next-door neighbor's driveway. A really clever car-loan bailout program would allow the taxpayer to use his neighbor's car as compensation for his higher taxes. (Read "Four Steps to Ending the Foreclosure Crisis...
...Harrison Ford, a.k.a President James Marshall. TAKE A SHOT… 1. Every time the President ices a terrorist with gratuitous heroism. 2. Every time the President smooches a woman who is not his wife. 3. Three shots when you hear the Yale joke (it’s super clever). Optional “heyooo!” 4. Every time passionate stares are exchanged between the terrorist captain—played by Gary Oldman—and his right-hand man, Andrei—played by Peter Parker’s grouchy landlord in the “Spider...
...reverse order, the leaders of Israel's top three political parties appeared on television the night of the Feb. 10 elections and declared victory. This was clever, since none of them had really won. Avigdor Lieberman, whose extreme anti-Arab Yisrael Beitenu party finished third, went on first. His party had surged in the final weeks and would now, he boasted, be "the key" to forming a majority coalition in the 120-seat Knesset. Maybe. Benjamin Netanyahu, whose Likud party finished second, appeared next. He had won, he said, because Likud was the leading right-wing party and conservatives...