Word: fakeness
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...million pieces of toy jewelry in 2004, new guidelines "urged manufacturers generally to reduce the lead content of their products." Since then at least 21 million more pieces of children's jewelry--including 6 million this year alone--have been recalled because of lead-poisoning risk, ranging from $3 fake-diamond rings sold at Big Lots! to $95 Juicy Couture charm bracelets. The CPSC recommended a federal ban on lead exceeding 0.06% by weight in children's jewelry late last year; California, Illinois and the city of Baltimore have already enacted bans...
...best way to win the political game: Is it better to be liked or respected, a master athlete or a master strategist? Whether or not it sheds any light on how people behave in real society, it remains the most engrossing example of how people really behave in the fake society of a high-pressure TV contest...
Were you ever worried about conspiracy theorists who claim the moon landing was fake? -Ben Gray, PERTH, AUSTRALIAI was not concerned, but I lost my patience once and socked a guy, which created great publicity and cost me some legal fees. You are not going to change the minds of people who are looking for attention...
...people." Pakistanis have great respect for the army, says Mehdi, "because they are supposed to protect us. But today the military only came to rescue their own, they took them to the hospital, but they didn't help the civilians at all, they didn't even offer help." The fake leopard-skin seat covers of his battered Suzuki compact were littered with the broken glass of all four windows and his windshields. "I am unhappy," he says. "They should have at least offered to repair...
...News That Was Fit to Fake I am happy to see that such a highbrow publication deigned to write about the passing of the Weekly World News, a tabloid that will truly be missed by Americans stuck in the checkout line [Aug. 27]. But I disagree with Joel Stein's claim that it's "a sign of progress for a society to go from inventing gods and monsters to seeking catharsis in the real life of Paris Hilton." That's as laughable as Bat Boy running for President. The Weekly World News lost readers because people turned to the Internet...