Word: dubbing
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...widely perceived public apathy caused the media to dub the Democratic candidates "the seven dwarfs." This year, with the recession having decimated the state's economy, New Hampshire voters are not apathetic--they are frustrated...
What does one more lie matter anyway? Politicians "misspeak" and are forgiven by their followers. Pop singers have been known to dub in better voices. Literary deconstructionists say there's no truth anyway, just ideologies and points of view. Lies, you might say, are the great lubricant of our way of life. They sell products, flatter the powerful, appease the electorate and save vast sums from the IRS. Imanishi-Kari's lie didn't even hurt anyone: no bridges fell, no patients died...
...name Season, Ray says, was chosen by her father, Seah Ray. The elder Ray had originally anticipated a son, and planned to dub him "Seah's son"--which was contracted into season when Ray was born, she says...