Word: fakeness
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...Crimson responded quickly to the only sign of life from the Eagles with its own goal. During a two-on-one breakaway, Corriero dumped it off for senior Ashley Banfield—who beat Quandt with one fake for her sixth score of the season and tying a career high in goals...
...song is a declaration of promiscuity, and as Mitchell sings he glances around the room, being serially flirtatious: making laser eye contact, leaving a lady in a puddle of love and moving on for the next conquest. For the instrumental break soars into a scat-singing riff; fake-exhausted after the flourish, he pants in 4/4 time. Big laugh from the audience, or rather, audible smiles. Before the first number is over, they?re in BSM?s mood. Now everyone in the room is at his stage door...
...China is the world's biggest exporter of fake goods, from pirated DVDs to knockoff Birkin bags. Now add truffles to the list. To the naked eye, the Chinese black truffle, or Tuber indicum, looks virtually indistinguishable from its much-vaunted cousin, Tuber melanosporum, or the P?rigord truffle, a gastronomic delicacy that perks up winter menus with its earthy pungency. One taste, though, clears up any confusion: the Chinese variety is insipid compared with the French one. Yet over the past few years, unscrupulous dealers in Europe and the U.S. have begun passing off the Chinese truffles as P?rigord...
...previous years, Harvard rowers entered the event under pseudonyms, using the names famous politicians or athletes for example. This year, although some chose to row under fake organizations, like the “Harvard Psychiatry Rowing Club,” all the Harvard rowers used their real names in accordance with a new policy implemented by the race’s organizers...
...You’re using the left and right sides of your brain,” Beck said. “You’re blending physics and drawing and sometimes making something more than real. A real bullet going through the air in slow motion looks fake; the way we create the special effect, it has to be almost hyper-real to look believable...