Word: genericism
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...obvious jabs at the middle class lifestyle, but Huizenga invests something more into his character, whose name, after all, evokes mystical rivers of the East. The sequence ends, not insignificantly, with Glenn sitting on his stoop, lost in thought, with the moon over his shoulder. Is he a generic avatar or deep, complex character? Ganges becomes both as Huizenga puts him through various scenarios that straddle the border between reality and fantasy...
...There’s quite a lot of difference of opinion among people on the Faculty over what issues they feel are important. Any particular motion would get a smaller vote than the generic motion [the Crimson poll] raised,” Baird Professor of Science Gary J. Feldman said of Matory’s motion...
That’s Bode in his room, locked into his medical reading. His focus is impeccable even though he can barely fit into the generic wooden dorm chair...
...Cambridge Energy Research Associates in Paris, says Italian power prices are up to 40% higher than Western Europe's average. Now that's a real shock. - With reporting by Jeff Israely Alternative Medicine What's the remedy for growing pains in the global pharmaceutical sector? For Novartis, it's generic: the Swiss firm last week swallowed Germany's Hexal and America's Eon Labs for $8.4 billion, forging them into its existing Sandoz unit to create the world's largest manufacturer of off-patent, copycat drugs. A slide in blockbuster drug approvals in recent years - combined with the expiration...
...style of philanthropy: "A market-based approach to giving," says Julie Juergens, director of Stanford University's Center for Social Innovation. Acumen works with local companies on business plans, then helps them make, distribute and market products and services for the poor, from drip-irrigation kits in India to generic-drug shops in Kenya. The underlying idea is that if you help build financially stable companies that sell things poor people need--clean water, housing, health care--then self-sufficiency and a better standard of living follow...