Word: cleverisms
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...says he has used it himself. In his day job at a water utility, Trung earns just $300 per month, but since mortgaging his parents' house to raise capital last year, he claims to have raked in about $20,000 in profits from online share trading. "If you're clever," he says, "you can increase your money by five times in a few months...
...Finally, a sheer curtain with clever lighting suggested a liminal effect at the end of every scene, leaving the audience questioning whether they were still watching the performance or were back to the reality of the Wang Auditorium—just as Shakespeare’s characters question the reality of their own experience in the play...
...Clever entrepreneurs and even established companies can profit from this volunteerism--but only if they don't get too greedy. The key, Benkler says, is "managing the marriage of money and nonmoney without making nonmoney feel like a sucker." In software, where IBM and other companies charge billions of dollars to install and run otherwise free Linux systems, this seems to be working--in part because Linux volunteers can make money from their expertise and there's a clear understanding of what one can charge...
...kissing, only to be subsequent victims to a straight man’s homophobic rage. In fact, in their misguided (though hilarious) attempt to erase a chocolate-caramel-peanut-inspired lip-lock, two straight men became victims of their own homophobic rage. If that is not a clever way to suggest that homophobia is counterproductive and pointless, I’m not sure what...
...Annie” Levine ’08 and Jonathan M. Roberts ’09—mix and match, first to seek vengeance against those who have cheated on them, and second, to pair up successfully with the object of their affections.Kapusta plays the clever Figaro superbly, with expression that rivals any skilled comedian’s. His diction is so good that the screen flashing the aria’s lyrics–well-placed to the side of the stage–becomes superfluous. Most memorable of all is his energy and playfulness, which shines...