Word: revealing
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...habitat loss threaten more than 20% of the world's mammals with extinction, according to a new report issued by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). The survey, which culled data gathered by more than 1,700 scientists over five years, also warned that further study could reveal the proportion of imperiled mammals to be as high as 36%. Of the 1,141 mammal species at risk, nearly 200 are listed as critically endangered...
...that it fails to say anything new. These days, the celebrities-are-fake angle isn’t exactly revolutionary. Furthermore, the film’s attempts to add sophistication to this observation by intellectualizing its protagonist—Sidney’s dad surfaces midway through to offhandedly reveal that his son has a philosophy degree—come off as pathetic and clumsy as Sidney’s attempts to pick up women. Weide, the Emmy-winning producer and director of HBO’s “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” fails to translate...
...stock price tanked in September, along with the economy. We won't know whether the Storm will shore up the company's earnings until the device goes on sale. One mystery remains: the device's price, which is about the only detail that RIM and Verizon have yet to reveal. Let the rumors swirl...
...course the opening question concerned the meltdown of the financial markets. Moderator Tom Brokaw tried to get Obama to say how these events have reshaped his agenda. "The middle class need a rescue package," the candidate answered, which sounded new for a moment, until he opened the package to reveal exactly the same economic plan he has been running on for months...
...conversation where they attempt to one-up each other’s love for Where’s Fluffy—as if them both being among the first people to get hold of one of the group’s albums makes them soulmates. This and other scenes reveal what they—and their movie—really are: posers. It’s not what you like that matters, but whether you have enough emotional substance to be interesting. —Staff writer Chris R. Kingston can be reaches at kingston@fas.harvard.edu...