Word: genericizing
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...whose generic name is mifepristone, has already been approved for use in such countries as China, Great Britain and Sweden. It has not yet been tested and approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for use in the United States...
...from the way in which these organizations advertise. The typical method is a poster featuring a "grabber" on top, with pertinent information following in smaller print on the bottom. The grabber itself is almost always a quote intended to portray particular emotions from the point of view of a generic, troubled individual...
...recent TIME poll. When nothing happens, frustrated voters lay most of the blame on the Democrats, who are in charge. Says Hastings Wyman, who has published the Southern Political Report for 16 years: "Anti-incumbency is part of this, but it's not that generic. It's geared mostly against the Democrats. The Republicans aren't facing the same stresses...
...first-year candidates for the council are as generic as supermarket-brand cereal. Every first-year campaign poster is printed on the same copy-store flourescent orange paper; each reveals little or no information about the candidate. Therefore, I decided to perform my civic duty the hard way, investigating some of the declared candidates for the benefit of the electorate...
...directed cartoons at Warner Bros., where he helped create Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck, but he hit his stride at MGM. From 1942 to 1955 he made 65 short films there, 16 of them starring Droopy, a dyspeptic dog. Because most of his cartoons featured a generic menagerie, Avery was not so widely known as Chuck Jones and Bob Clampett, who did Bugs and Daffy star vehicles at Warners. (Four Avery Screwball Classics cassettes are available in video stores.) In France, however, he is an icon. French publishers have issued at least four lavish books on his oeuvre (just...