Word: genericism
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...look like a generic Barnes & Noble," Allen said...
...mind control by adding grade-A, nutritionist-approved neuromodulators to the diet. Rumor has it that the "savory-baked tofu" never tasted better. However, this could never be pulled off, for like the "fresh-squeezed" taste of the Vitality juice or "authentic curry" that we are served, imitation or generic thought control substances are never on par with the genuine article...
...there was something less driven about her latest release, something that sounded less driven and more, well, produced. Calculated. Chapman's latest release sounds like her first one, put through a blender to average the overall "Chapman sound," and then poured into a CD mold. The problem is, generic Tracy isn't Tracy at all. One of the things that made her earlier albums so compelling was their inconsistencies, the exquisitely different points they were able to access, like so many different facets on a diamond pressurized into shape by the urgency of honest anger and desperation...
...sincere man who, try as he might, could not feign sincerity. We took pity on him and gave him easygoing, helpful answers to his fairly predictable questions ("Do you all understand what 'presumption of innocence' means?" and so on). It was actually fortunate that we got our fill of "generic" courtroom questions from him because we would get no such things from the defense attorney...
...pledged a whopping $250,000 of his own funds to the GOP for ads. The typical contribution from Congress members is about $5,000. While not all of the cash can be used for ads directly endorsing Dole, the Republican National Committee is allowed to spend unlimited amounts on generic "issue ads" designed to achieve the same end: support for Dole. Newt's good deed left but a small dent in his own coffers, still bulging with some $1.5 million for his own campaign. On Wednesday, he urged other GOP congressional candidates with fat war chests to cough...