Word: hyper
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...heartland, baseball, mom and apple pie feature prominently. The Italian version? Soccer, spaghetti and, yes, la mamma. But in recent years, the folkloric image of the doting Italian mother has been joined in the national consciousness by something a tad less idyllic: the mammone, or mama's boy, the hyper-coddled son (daughters are statistically less susceptible) who grows up so attached to his home, and to his mamma in particular, that he never really becomes independent or a self-sufficient...
Last week Claire let herself fall out her bedroom window, proving that her hyper-achieving roommate actually committed suicide and was not pushed. However, her friend-slash-stalker Gretchen happened to witness her healing. Oops...
...February. Much of the rest of the money is due to be spent in 2010. As of now, the stimulus spending looks to be having a positive affect on the economy. If that continues, 2011 could be strong as well. If the stimulus affect peters out - or worse, causes hyper-inflation, as some worry - 2011 could be a year when economists and analysts eat a big slice of humble...
Last week Claire let herself fall out her bedroom window, proving that her hyper-achieving roommate actually committed suicide and was not pushed. However, her friend-slash-stalker Gretchen happened to witness her healing. Oops...
...hyper-awareness of many of the interviews - it's as if the subjects had been given truth serum and knew it - only enhances the sense of disengagement. Hutton's character describes meeting his beautiful wife, who is already a mother, and says he knew he ought to marry her because he'd never do better. "I remember thinking, this is amazing, it's like she's already, pre-tested? I actually thought about that. Is it shallow? Does it sound shallow? Or do you think the truth behind this kind of thing will always sound kind of shallow? Everybody...