Word: expression
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...weeks begin to drift by, the vision comes into focus, and while my wallet has the extra punch of a Corporate American Express card, I won’t be running to Foxwoods to place a million pound bet in baccarat—instead, I’ll be buying books to train myself in computer software. My license to kill has not yet been issued, but my license to search through public SEC filings for corporate tax return data seemed to arrive on my first day. Instead of a military-issued pistol and silencer, I’m armed...
...shovelers in Titanic, and co--executive producer Ben Silverman, who conceived the show, argues that "restaurants are the new theater." The Restaurant is also the new advertising: it will have product placements worked in even more snugly than Survivor does. DiSpirito runs errands in a Mitsubishi, and only American Express cards and Coors beer will make it onscreen. (Network commercial rules still apply, so there are no hard-liquor placements.) Thanks to these sponsorships, the show costs NBC almost nothing. As for the customers, Silverman notes with satisfaction, "Not only are they willing to share these primal life moments with...
...stop sending him spam for a penis-enlargement kit but couldn't pin down its real-world address, he simply ordered the $90 kit. The address showed up on his next credit-card statement. "You can hide on the Internet," he says, "but you can't hide from American Express." The offending company eventually settled...
...problem. Young men in uniform, eager to get home, dismissive or just plain ignorant of local customs and unable to express themselves with anything more than a vein-popping scream and a brandished machine gun. "You are f_____g around. Just f___ off!" a soldier yelled at an Iraqi who was trying to visit the regional governor's residence in Kirkuk last week. (Every Iraqi, sadly, already knows the F word.) "The American soldier is, please excuse the word, very high-handed," says Abu Mousa, a veteran Iraqi journalist. Much more worrisome: some Iraqis believe the U.S. troops are light...
...that is proud of its country. If the Democrats want to return to viability, they must praise the nation's accomplishments--their own and those of the GOP--in a meaningful way and be seen as building upon them. Need a formula? Giving 10 compliments earns the right to express one criticism. EDWARD GABRIELSE St. Charles...