Word: pseudo
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Quickly. In this age of email, AIM and facebook poking, reaching out and touching someone via telephone has almost become obsolete. Some people are just really intimidated about calling someone on the phone these days. Not that it is an excuse in this situation. But maybe if the pseudo-anonymity of AIM and email communication didn’t dominate, real-time, in-person communication wouldn’t be so difficult He may have simply been being nice. If you two shared a long conversation where you both seemed interested in one another, just saying goodbye without any possibility...
...articles to discuss or funny videos to watch. Not only are you being completely unproductive yourself, you’re dragging others down with you. For shame!Ambiguously Productive – Writing your column. Sure, you’re keeping your editor from killing you and offering some pseudo-useful advice to your readers. But what about those poor fools who are kept from their work for an extra three minutes by reading it? Are you part of the problem or part of the solution? Perhaps a bit of both. In any case, I hope that you all find...
...that each actor-singer holds the script in a black loose-leaf binder, but after 10 days' rehearsal, most of the performers have memorized their parts and use the book as a prop. Last night, one actor, feigning tears, ripped a page from the script and wiped his pseudo-tears. Near the finale, Powers, her body frozen in a jackknife posture with her hands on the floor, adjusted her position slightly and turned a page in the script...
Recently, pseudo-celebrities like Paris Hilton and Jenna Jameson have published their own tell-alls. However, their tales lack the wisdom gained in 60-plus years of experiences and a backbone. Fonda, on the other hand, writes confidently and intimately; in the end, her journey conveys what a remarkable, brave, and resilient woman...
...system which prizes ambition and performance and calls these things superiority. When the publication of “Opal Mehta” first became known, the $500,000 advance dominated conversation and stimulated admiration and jealousy. The fact that the novel is unabashed chick lit inspired, at most, smiling pseudo-mockery. Harvard turned an indulging blind eye on bad literature and saw only an example of precocious success. Now, we are not so much horrified by the accusations of mortal literary sin as we are conscious of the public scandal and potential reversal of fortune. Contemplating this reaction...