Word: clichã
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What a great way to end our 3-day weekend. Last night's episode of Gossip Girl had us gagging at all the clich?? lines and reeling with all the plot developments. Let's see. Two break-ups, two weddings, two Orlando Bloom references, it's just too much too handle. Without further ado, our usual storyline ratings after the jump. Spoilers abound. Sorry, there really isn't a way to do this without spoilers...
...enjoyed his rise and wanted others to as well. Once, when I got a tough book review, he didn't call to commiserate; instead he joyfully barked, "Welcome to the NFL!" At the time, it was not a clich??. He probably made it a clich??. He probably coined it. But it was in his Pulitzer Prize--winning newspaper column that Safire became Safire. There he mastered and honed a natural pugnacity--a desire to "mix it up," as he put it. You really cared what he thought and weren't sure what he'd think because he could surprise...
It’s an established clich?? that throughout their four years in college the majority of students will subsist on instant Ramen noodles and peanut butter sandwiches. But a new cookbook sponsored by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals encourages undergraduates to channel their inner Julia Child. “PETA’s Vegan College Cookbook” offers a slew of recipes that reinvent basic survival items—such as the aforementioned instant pasta or peanut butter—in the form of quick-fix dishes appropriate for any meal...
...hear cries of “Communism!” from the uninformed. The president tried to stop the bleeding with one of his trademark orations—this time to a joint session of Congress during prime time—but his performance only underscored the old clich?? that sometimes actions are better than words...
...irritating country tracks that sound like pre-pubescent Johnny Cash imitations. On “Man Named Truth,” easily the album’s worst track, Oberst attempts to weave a forced narrative—something about heroin and Aztec gold—over a clich??d, country backing track that sounds like something from a bad karaoke machine.Between these two, unfortunate extremes—uninspired classic rock and trite country—lies the heart of the album. Oberst redeems himself with “Ahead of the Curve,” a powerful number...