Word: flattering
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...Gauloise, unfold a copy of our partisan newspaper and jadedly admit that bias is inevitable--c'est la guerre! Boy-Scoutishly, we feel this is wrong, cynical, corruptly Old World. We need a fig leaf. Our news must call itself "unfiltered" or "fair and balanced." It must flatter both our world view and our belief in our fairness...
...Flatness of Kansas, as published in a recent scientific study proving that the state is indeed flatter than a pancake...
...like such a loser,” but Tu would call her and encourage her. “When I was eight, I knew I wanted to be exactly like her,” Nguyen says. “She still inspires me now. I wouldn’t flatter myself to say that I’m exactly like her because she’s so great that I don’t know that I could ever become close to what she was to me. But in a sense I’m giving back to the community...
Russian Exuberance Should we call it a Russian rebound? Not yet. Moscow's stock exchange soared 3% midweek, after the rating agency Moody's upgraded Russia's sovereign credit rating by two notches to Baa3. Although the bourse ended the week on a flatter note - and the other top rating agencies, S&P and Fitch, held off following Moody's example - it's clear Russia has come a long way from the 1998 crash, and is once again an attractive investment opportunity. Giddy investors would do well to keep things in perspective, though: Moody's is considering downgrading El Salvador...
...societal trends into greeting cards. So a few years ago, when Hallmark's marketing group looked into its demographic crystal ball and saw 78 million baby boomers hitting age 50, the company created boxes and boxes of friendship, birthday, anniversary and thinking-of-you cards, all designed to subtly flatter the aging boomer's flagging middle-aged ego. Shipped to Hallmark stores in 2000, the Time of Your Life line of cards was displayed in its own section and featured active midlifers looking youthful as they frolicked on beaches and dived into swimming pools. "We had done...