Word: phenomenonally
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...street peddlers, making a trenchant comment about Iran's punishing inflation. Egyptian artist Huda Lutfi applies images of Egyptian pop divas to a triptych of female torsos, reminiscent of Gaultier perfume bottles, raising issues of gender politics and societal roles. "Being trapped in certain roles is a universal cultural phenomenon," she says. But how wonderful to have it expressed in such fresh, unexpected quarters...
USAGE: "Ten million Brits are unaware they are obese because being fat is now seen as the norm, according to new research. They are suffering from a new phenomenon dubbed the fat gap, which has blurred public perception of what is a healthy weight...
...opening-day record for a live-action PG film and, according to early studio reports, will end the session with $32.5 million. The serial-killer thriller Law Abiding Citizen slashed its way to second place, with $21 million, while the haunted-house horror movie Paranormal Activity underlined its phenomenon status by earning $20.2 million on 760 screens - a sensational $26,000 per theater. (See TIME's weekend entertainment recommendations...
...alternate history” project (e.g. if Hitler had declared peace with America). They sent me over 7,000 words, and I can’t begin to pick what to include: the fact that they argued way back then that global warming was a real phenomenon? That they and their fellow debaters go to each other’s weddings and anniversaries? Or: van rides back to Cambridge over Thanksgiving singing Christmas carols; eating pancakes at an off-the-road-diner in Western Pennsylvania; “working all-nighters in the concrete block debate office of that...
...course, not everyone is thrilled about the "Single Babies" phenomenon...