Word: hokeyness
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...novel’s author. Debauer sets off to New York to get some answers.But the real surprise is that this predictable twist—that the author of the story and Debauer’s father are one and the same—doesn’t feel hokey. The old saying really does hold true here: the meaning lies not in the destination—or, in this case, the climax—but in the journey.And the journey in “Homecoming” is unique. Schlink refutes the idea of a concrete ending. While...
...surest signs of a campaign in trouble are the hokey stories about confounding expectations. You could hear a bunch of those stories on the campaign trail with Rudy Giuliani this week. His pal Jon Voight recalled how it looked like he had no chance to get cast in Midnight Cowboy in 1968. His campaign chairman Bill McCollum recalled how it looked like the Republicans had no chance to take back Congress in 1994. And the candidate told a few confounding-expectations stories himself about beating the Mafia and taming New York: I've been doing the impossible all my life...
...economy to national security by claiming, without any real evidence, that Romney supported a timetable for withdrawal from Iraq. They are envious of his near-bottomless bank account, revolted by his hard-nosed attacks and turned off by his chameleon-like handling of the issues. They interpret his hokey demeanor and polished presentation as a fundamental lack of character. And they are right that Romney has behaved poorly, and offered real reasons for voters to be suspicious of his convictions. But they are wrong to think he lacks a solid core...
...seem that Ghostface’s recipe for success is as follows: Gather lots of featured performers (mostly Wu-Tang buddies), throw in a bunch of story-tracks, a couple sentimental songs, one celebratory hymn, and at least one skit that takes place at a high-profile event, add hokey accents to taste, and mix gently. But even if this recipe were good enough to thrill every time (which it isn’t), the ingredients this time around just aren’t as fresh. —Reviewer Joshua J. Kearney can be reached at kearney@fas.harvard.edu...
...center of Milan on Sunday for yet another coup de théâtre: to announce the formation of a new political party, a move meant to inject some life into the country's sagging center-right opposition. But 13 years after entering politics by founding the hokey yet effectively named "Forza Italia!" (Go Italy!) party, the 71-year-old Berlusconi seemed to be improvising when reporters asked him the name of the new political entity. "The People's Party," he said, pausing. "Of Freedom...