Word: genericism
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...Sant's terse (80 min.), remorseless film, made for HBO, describes, with fascination but no special urgency, a typical day at a generic high school. For minutes on end, the camera tracks the movements of several students at Watt High: a blond boy arriving late because he has been caring for his alcoholic father, an athlete and his pretty girlfriend planning their calendar, and two lads arming themselves for their own private Armageddon...
...since they don't want to be seen as profiting from an aids crisis that is devastating the African continent. But they worry that provisions would erode their patent rights for "lifestyle drugs" such as Viagra. The Fund has already decided that it will not shy away from buying generic antiretrovirals, whereas the U.S. bilateral program will more likely use patent drugs at cost - another reason some activists prefer the Fund's approach. Milly Katana, an accountant with aids from Kampala, Uganda, doesn't care much about whether the rich world's money comes to her continent from France...
...report calls for much-needed training for the College’s resident advisors, tutors and proctors, as well as revamped and expanded education and outreach to students themselves, especially in the crucial first year. The expansion of the sexual assault education—separating it from the generic “safe community night” meeting and following up the class-wide presentation with small group sessions facilitated by professional educators—will go a long way. The Leaning Committee’s recommendation that special efforts should be tailored to reach...
...make the movie. Elephant is a loose remake of Alan Clarke's 1989 bbc film about gunmen in Belfast. Van Sant takes the notion of civilians as target practice and transposes it to America. Most of the film describes, with no special urgency, a typical day at a generic high school: a blond boy arriving late because he has been caring for his alcoholic father; an athlete and his pretty girlfriend planning their social calendar; two other lads arming themselves for their own private Armageddon. And then the shooting starts - a replay of the 1999 Columbine High School massacre...
With its unpretentious attitude and kitschy decor, the Barking Crab fits nicely into the genre of salty New England seafood shacks—multitudes of which line the coast. Unlike other generic seaside establishments, the Barking Crab has more to offer than a nice view. Typically, when a restaurant snags a stellar location, they forget to bring their food up to the same level—instead serving over-battered, over-fried assortments of semi-fresh seafood. After many bellyache-inducing meals of lackluster fisherman’s platters, it was refreshing to have seafood that wasn?...