Word: lamentations
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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Looking out from Harvard Square, it is easy to lament the sclerotic pace of trade liberalization. The European Union and United States have been throwing scrap metal and agricultural produce at one another as if they were in some kind of domestic dispute, with the World Trade Organization playing marriage counselor...
...latest trendy fashions are available for purchase in the Square. But sales associates lament that most student buyers only shell out on basics. The best-selling items at The Tannery and Berk’s are vintage-styled sneakers, like Pumas or Converse All Stars. Le Foot Sportif rarely changes stock or styles, also counting on students’ consistent purchase of throwback sneakers like Vans...
However, there are—sometimes, somewhere-—reasons not to lament our depressing mediocrity: the sudden appearance of cowboy or slouchy or moon boots, the occasional glimmer of jewel tones and some one-off cigarette-cut jeans. Closet fashionistas (pun intended) and savvy retailers conspire to save the student population from utter ugliness...
...MPAA clearly has a vested interest in curbing illegal movie downloads. But at a time when people greatly lament the skyrocketing price of movie tickets and the arguably inflated price of DVDs, the industry should be looking for ways to attract online consumers, not antagonize them. If they fail to take advantage of this opportunity, it will likely be to the detriment of the industry alone...
...Miller treated Monroe in After the Fall won't like Finishing the Picture any better. Kitty (Heather Prete) is mostly offstage (and when onstage, mostly mute), the object of everyone else's analysis. They romanticize her fragility ("She's been stepping on broken glass since she could walk"). They lament the burden of fame ("Everyone wants something from her; we're no exceptions"). In After the Fall the Marilyn character (especially as played by the magnetic Carla Gugino in the recent revival) was an alternately charming and infuriating force of nature. Here she's the wreckage from a storm, with...