Word: genericism
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This situation and this relationship are both rooted in traditional romantic comedy, and it would have been interesting (to say the least) if Singleton could have imposed its generic conventions on this unlikely milieu. But that's beyond him. He doesn't offer any scene that convincingly suggests the kind of authentic mutual attraction that might overcome the couple's superficial differences. He doesn't know how to coax a performance out of Jackson, who relates to the camera lens as if it were a mirror. He never finds a way either to put an interesting spin on the incidents...
...There hasn't been the space yet for us to make real changes," says Nona D. Strauss, co-chair of the applied and physical sciences joint council and director of the Science Center. "We try to find generic issues that we really can affect, rather then policy issues that will be decided in another forum...
Although Blessing's play was commissioned by the Bergalis family, it fully explores this conflict. It also engages the literary question of how to tell a story, which means pondering what the story really is. One character is Kimberly, beguilingly played by Robin Morse. Another is a generic gay man (Richard Bekins), one of thousands whose death attracted far less attention than the five traceable to health-care errors, all by the same dentist. In a pivotal outburst, the third character (Jon DeVries), representing the playwright, recalls his brother's death in an auto accident before seat belts were standard...
...FRIDAY, PHILIP MORRIS SLASHED 40 CENTS OFF THE price of Marlboro cigarettes, reducing the average cost of a pack to $1.80. Admitting that this aggressive pricing could reduce earnings 40% this year, the company said it had to meet the challenge of discount and generic brands. Fears of a price war prompted Wall Street to dump tobacco stocks. Philip Morris shares plunged $14.75, to $49.38, and since the company is among the 30 firms whose stocks are in the Dow Jones Industrial Average, that bellwether index plummeted. A weak bond market and news that the unemployment rate remained...
According to the Antitrust and Trade Regulation Report, Areeda's client accused Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp. of violating anti-trust laws by offering volume discounts to force Liggett to raise prices on generic cigarettes...