Word: hokeyness
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...convention star turn might have faded a bit, but for the people who show up at campaign rallies, she generates as much excitement as an incumbent President. She starts casually, talking about sports and her handsome husband (who silently smiles and waves from the wings), and telling hokey jokes about Alaska. She has the ability to size up the crowd and unleash her charm and charisma, without crossing the line into cocky or cloying...
...modest Studio City bungalow where he fusses with a solar oven and plugs in his electric car. Self-deprecating and charmingly nerdy, Begley is no dilettante, having immersed himself in low-impact living long before anyone was devoting cable channels to it. Yes, the show's concept is hokey--Begley's Green Acres bickering with his less eco-minded wife--and it relies too heavily on star cameos. But at least Begley presents his choices as being about something bigger than generating his own solar-powered halo...
Like Gilbert’s office, Wegner’s is also ordered chaos, overflowing with photographs of his family, miles of psychology books, and quirky touches like the bumper sticker next to his desk that reads: “What if the hokey-pokey is what it’s all about...
...letdown because of its reductive symbolism and overt motifs, but because it’s just an inexplicable anomaly. A man walks his dead wife’s dog out of a sense of obligation. Nice notion—but the story quickly disintegrates into a hokey dialogue between the main character and the dog.In his stories about the military, on the other hand, Wolff beautifully zeroes in on the minutiae of life—and as a result, they’re probably the best of the bunch. In “Awaiting Orders,” a sergeant...
...characterize students’ ideal weekend night. Undergraduates will have to get used to the fact that they need to provide their own opportunities for such parties. But the fun czar does have the power to provide venues for dry fun that don’t risk feeling condescendingly hokey. While the welcome-back barbecue and sing-alongs appeal to some, events such as Yardfest (which is happening at night this year) and Pimp Your Stein Clubs have a much broader appeal to the population of young adults on campus. The position of fun czar holds great potential. The first...