Word: fakeness
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...past two years, dozens of websites with names like angelpartner.co.kr or helpmon.com have sprung up, offering anything from fake sons and daughters to fake boyfriends and fiancées. Many of the stand-ins are ordinary people who sign up to make a few extra bucks, and while most end up impersonating significant others, Bek Hui Sun, president of the year-old Seoul-based website Helpmon.com, notes that demand for parents-for-hire is growing. "The students really like this," says Bek. His company's site offers the services of nearly 3,000 members, some 40 of whom are willing...
...Russians last January nabbed foreign operatives--British spies, they claim--who used an electronics-filled fake rock on a Moscow street to transmit classified documents...
...Arabic wedding night must be Technicolor," says the manager of the Al-Araba boutique - and that's pretty much what her shop reflects. It displays a bright red body stocking in its window; inside, it's almost like a party-supplies store, with its luridly colored feathers, fake flowers and faux fur. Fifty percent of the customers...
Imagine that a message plops unbidden into your e-mail In box. Imagine that 10 just like it soon follow, all with a fake return address, none from a name you recognize. You take umbrage. You let it be known on your website that the sender is a scurrilous spammer, a clogger of In boxes, a violator of the right to privacy. It is a small gesture yet one you believe is important in the war on spam, and besides, it makes you feel good...
...brands. Isn't that a bit hard to explain? Yes, especially in a country like France where the wealth has traditionally come from the land. Anything that touches on services, money or trade is suspect. But matters are starting to evolve. People know there is a difference between a fake [Louis] Vuitton and a real one. And politicians can see that the immaterial world can have very positive effects on jobs and wealth...