Word: namelessness
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...have nothing against these guys -- they may become stars some day. Unfortunately, it's hard to care too much about a bunch of nameless faces simply because they sport the Olde English D. And even that is not sacred anymore -- today's Tigers sport a new look, with a Tiger jumping from the regal...
...Holocaust nothing more than a cursory glance. "I already know enough about the Holocaust," they seemed to say. (As if the ignominy of the Holocaust could conceivably be overstated!) I couldn't help marvelling at some of the expressionless faces of the passersby that walked on, unmoved by the nameless faces peering out at their from behind the electrified barbed wire. There was tremendous irony in the quote on one poster which doubtless many did not even stop to read: "Six million were wiped off the face of the earth. And there is the danger that they will also...
Dilbert is a phlegmatic, mouthless engineer at a nameless firm who, explains Adams with some understatement, "is not fully drinking all of the passion and variety that other people might be." His sidekick, a dog named Dogbert, is far savvier--and merciless about his owner's many failings. From its debut in 1989, the cartoon featured some of what Adams calls "cubicle culture": a natural subject, since he himself occupied Cubicle 4S700R as an applications engineer at Pacific Bell. (He has also been a computer programmer and a commercial lender and was robbed twice at gunpoint during a stint...
...certain genre, and the title "Savage/Love" inspires a cynicism which its script tries only half-heartedly to counter. Shuttling from scene to scene with dizzy velocity, the play attempts to cover all the aspects of modern love: jealousy, obsession, loneliness. There is no plot and no development; the nameless characters change personalities in each disjointed episode. It's about as profound and moving as a 30-second sound bite. The audience winces at lines like, "It is love. I will have to hide or flee"--a wince of sympathy for the actors who must recite such lines with a straight...
...student who wished to remain nameless says she thinks "guys here don't seem to want to commit, [and] most of the girls are depressed about the dating scene...