Word: commonization
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...would we respond to this civil unrest? Would we unite in the face of common danger or selfishly cowering in our bunkers? Maybe President Clinton would deliver a moving speech to the world from an air force base off the Gulf Coast--with or without a soundtrack...
...letter, circulated by the drug policy reform organization Common Sense for Drug Policy, argues that McCaffrey has ignored studies showing the medical benefits of marijuana smoking and the success of needle exchange programs. It also charges that McCaffrey used faulty data in comparing U.S. and Dutch drug policies...
...band was touring to promote their most recent album By Your Side. Courtesy of a surprisingly uncommercialized set list, the fans were not given the all-too-common, song-by-song tour of the latest album; rather, the Crowes decided to crank up the amps and unleash a rip-roaring set packed with only their greatest hits. Nearly every tune was not only recognizable, but singable. With its dark lighting and smoke-friendly policies, the Orpheum allowed for the eruption of an audience of closet shower singers, creating a wondrously loud cacophony and a light-hearted comradeship. Neighbors throwing high...
...bird on the front page of The Crimson (Feb. 25, 1999) is not a falcon. It is actually a red-tailed hawk, one of the most common birds of prey in North America. According to the field guide published by the American Bird Conservancy, both falcons and hawks are classified as raptors, and their body shape and markings may be somewhat similar...
...protagonist, Peter Gibbons, played by everyman Ron Livingston, is fed-up with the endless paper shuffling at corporate nightmare Initech, his unctuously sinister boss Bill Lumberg (Gary Cole) and, in short, his life in general. Gibbons' arguments against the system are blandly familiar and add nothing new to the common polemics against human automatism. But Gibbons' main function is to give the similarly disillusioned audience an easily identifiable character. And the audience at this particular viewing (mostly 20-somethings) were consistently muttering, "Oh yeah, I hate that!", and I could almost feel them nudging their neighbors and rolling their eyes...