Word: pseudo
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Here" was doing a fine job of attracting attention away from the renovations last week, and most passersby interviewed said they approved of the pseudo-eatery...
...room is a jam- packed maze of tables, counters and bars, with all the tapas symbols in place: hanging hams and sausages, ropes of garlic and peppers, and sides of dried salt codfish. Noise, music, tiles and fake Spanish paintings (a not- quite- Picasso Guernica here, a playful pseudo-Miro there) attract yuppies of all ages, who begin to line up at 6:30 every evening. Among the more delectable possibilities: red beans with snails, a layered potato omelet, white beans with clams, and deep-fried eggs. Usually on hand are steak with chili corn sauce, stuffed squid, eggplant...
...bringing the beach to them. He is starting to build a series of indoor "tropical spaces" in urban centers. Since May a prototype has been open just outside Vienna, complete with waves that wash sandy beaches, palm trees, controlled heat and artificial sun. Trigano has plans to install these pseudo paradises in New York City, Paris, London and Tokyo...
...still the star of the show." But like a demure singer in a long gown who is surrounded by chorus girls in sequined miniskirts, the statue may seem slightly lost amid the fanfaronade. Whether Liberty Weekend turns out to be a genuinely inspiring occasion or the most overdone pseudo-event in history may depend on the beholder. Anyone who is disappointed, however, can look forward to the fall: plans are under way for a more modest rededication ceremony on Oct. 28 to celebrate the statue's real 100th birthday...
...Bill James is the national pastime's absentminded professor, a slightly bewildered numbers-crunching cult figure who rattles on about such arcana as the Brock6 system, Pythagorean projections and the devil's theory of park effects. The reason is that they find it hard to believe a bearded pseudo-academic, squirreled away with pad and pencil in Kansas, could possibly know more about the game than veteran beat writers, who & regularly trade locker-room gibes with Reggie and Pete and get to provide ringside coverage of Billy Martin's bouts with marshmallow salesmen...