Word: dime-a-dozen
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...crowd-pleasing ways, belting out the type of pop anthems she’s best known for. “All I Ever Wanted,” Clarkson’s fourth release, showcases her vocal strengths better than ever. Good pop comebacks are not a dime-a-dozen, but in spite of some minor setbacks, the singer manages to come out with yet another success. Reclaiming her “Since U Been Gone”-era style, Clarkson screams her lungs out throughout the entire album, yet keeps her songs accessible and fun. She continues to crank...
...plot - of a laggard who undergoes rigorous training to become a great fighter - from many films, including the one that made Jackie Chan a star, the 1978 Drunken Master. A kid would also remember that, for all the explosions of melodrama and comedy in these dynamic, dime-a-dozen epics, they were essentially training films in the Shaolin regimen of self-defense...
...suppose if there's one bit of good to come out of this tawdry mess is that it allows Americans to get a glimpse of their representatives. In Washington, Gary Condit is a dime-a-dozen, the blow-dried but not particularly bright Congressman who tends his own constituent garden and doesn't have any real involvement in issues of national importance. Their careers are not about service or ideology but about re-election - that is the star they steer...
Mathis’ recent study into the disproportionate use of minorities as experts on news talk shows was also a subject on the national panel. “Smart black people are dime-a-dozen,” Ms. Mathis said...
These days, folk-rock crooners are a dime-a-dozen, as folkies have long since learned to go electric, and Bruce Cockburn and Matthew Sweet have inspired many aspiring young songwriters. Most new releases simply confirm the truism that there are a million bad songs waiting to be written, but actually a few good ones too. This truism is fulfilled on singer Danny Peck's new self-titled releases. Full of original songs, Danny Peck begins his album by sounding like Michael Penn imitating Peter Gabriel, and ends up sounding like Jeffrey Gaines imitating Sting. If this seems like...