Word: pops
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...please stop the war?" Eugene Gabriel implored Congressman Jason Altmire, shouting over a singer belting out Beyoncé's Listen at the annual New Castle fireworks festival in western Pennsylvania. "That's what I wrote on my donation envelopes to you, both times, $200 a pop...
...only the obvious cucumbers and bananas, but also less likely models like lemons and potatoes—and diverse catchy slogans, like the words “Poppt sicher!” above a condom-covered ear of corn. (“Poppen” means to pop, but I can only assume it also connotes ejaculation. “Sicher” means safely or surely.) Every Berliner who takes public transport—which is basically every Berliner, from schoolchildren to the elderly—sees these ads daily. And they’ve yet to generate major...
...traditional repertoire centers of the U.S. or the U.K., it takes a lot for a label to ... risk time and money on a Filipino band," he says. "A Filipino act has more of a chance to break [overseas] in a niche genre like jazz, dance or classical than in pop. Niche genres are generally more accepting of diversity...
...course slowing down trade requires only collective will, not regulations. What if buyers decided to resist the siren song of low prices emanating from the nearest Wal-Mart and buy instead from mom-and-pop stores stocked with higher-priced, locally made goods? Globalization would decelerate. Offshoring could be slowed, too, if vast numbers of buyers agreed to pay more for services whose workers are based in their home countries. Such a scenario, however, seems unlikely. In the 1970s, car buyers didn't hesitate to choose Toyotas and Hondas when they proved cheaper or more reliable than Fords and Fiats...
...video games evolving in the future? -Dave Barnhardt, FORT ERIE, ONT.In the past, video games had a more relevant place in pop culture. What we are trying to achieve with devices like Wii and Nintendo DS is bring gaming back to that relevant role not only in pop culture but also in society in general...