Word: genericism
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...into what appeared to be familiar American soil and found that they had somehow tapped into a wild- rushing subterranean stream of inchoate outrage and deranged violence. Bonnie and Clyde and Easy Rider, Dirty Harry and Fatal Attraction -- all these movies began as attempts to vary and freshen traditional generic themes but ended up taking their creators, and their audiences, on trips much deeper, darker, more disturbing than anyone imagined they were going to make...
...long ago, the food industry could pull this kind of shenanigan with impunity. But that was before the emergence of the new Food and Drug Administration. Not the old, demoralized, anything-goes agency whose officials accepted bribes for approving untested generic drugs, but an FDA that seems to be rededicated to protecting the public. Last week the FDA ordered Procter & Gamble, the manufacturer of Crisco Corn Oil, along with Best Foods, which markets Mazola Corn Oil, and Great Foods of America, maker of HeartBeat Canola Oil, to cut out the "no cholesterol" business. While Best Foods and Great Foods stalled...
Though such ancient goddesses as Isis or Astarte are often invoked, most worship occurs in the name of a vague generic "Goddess," often depicted as Mother Earth or Gaia in line with environmental awareness. "The Goddess is not just the female version of God. She represents a different concept," says Merlin Stone, author of When God Was a Woman. While the Judeo-Christian God is transcendent, the Goddess is located "within each individual and all things in nature," she says...
...respond: "Well, Lou . . ." The reporters present, though used to Reagan's lapses, were embarrassed for Skelton as he reintroduced himself. The President had in mind Lou Cannon of the Washington Post, who, like Skelton, had covered Reagan's trajectory from Sacramento to Washington. To Reagan, Cannon was the generic newsie of that vintage...
Leverett is a diverse house. There are varsity athletes, junior varsity athletes, intramural athletes and independent athletes. And don't forget the house spirit leaders who organize numerous events, including a very strong community service program (HAND). The rest of Leverett residents can be classified as "other"--the same generic "other" that lives in Quincy...