Word: genericism
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...reality is that almost all of the angiogenesis inhibitors have been found to be generic, not to induce drug resistance, to have low toxicity, et cetera, in animals," he adds. "This was first shown with TNP-470 many years...
...Rather than have it generic we have it more customized," he says...
...yahoo. com, but all those blank spaces made me feel like a scheduling failure. How could I ever fill them with enough meetings, deadlines and appointments to do them justice? But when.com (which was purchased a couple of weeks ago by America Online) was different. In addition to a generic calendar, it offers an events directory that lists upcoming TV shows, movies, book releases, sporting events, live Web chats, even quarterly earnings updates for my investments. Hmmm, if I could schedule a reminder to buy that new Tom Petty CD, maybe I'd notice that my rent check...
Even more ominous is when the games go beyond serving up generic gore and start trafficking in fantasies of bias crimes. There are video games out there that make Doom look like an art-house flick. For example, white supremacists can stage virtual lynchings with a game called Hang Leroy, clandestinely available on Klan sites. Racist versions of Doom also exist, with a plug-in that changes the color of the victims. "Hate is available in many flavors on the Internet," says Raymond Franklin, a Maryland police executive and publisher of the Hate Directory. He says that neo-Nazis could...
...teenagers in the early '60s, best friends Toni and Chris glorified everything French, fell in love with la vie boheme and, most importantly, rejected the suburban wasteland and lifestyle their parents submitted to. The mass of generic houses at the end of the London Underground Metropolitan Line, referred to as Metroland, disgusted and frightened these two aspiring artists (one poet, one photographer). The view of Metroland from the train is both boring and ominous-mile after mile of conformity, complacency and security...