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...novelty.For example, take the cover of the May 5 issue of Time that features half of Sen. Clinton’s face, half of Sen. Obama’s, and the phrase, “There can only be one.” Despite being a nervy rip-off of both recent advertisements for the NBA playoffs and the 1986 film “Highlander,” the cover fails to advance the primary’s plot: We always knew there would only be one. That was why we were having the election. If things are truly...
...phone text messaging, has no formatting and a limit of 160 characters. Entering messages requires painstaking key pecking, and received messages can come out of order. Yet rather than dismiss it as backwards, most users see text messaging as a godsend and fail to appreciate it for the terrible rip-off it truly...
...damage the digital deluge wreaks on the music industry, however, some audiophiles still devote themselves to traditional vinyl, and Newbury Comics’ LP aisle is even more packed than the DVD or the CD sections. Flanagan said that purists have initiated a small backlash against the search-and-rip attitude of online music purchasing. “The downside of downloading music is that it gets compressed and it doesn’t sound how it should, so people are kind of falling in love again with the analog feel, throwing up the vinyl.”Palmer...
...never quite clear whether Edward wants to sleep with Bella or rip her throat out or both, but he wants something, and he wants it bad, and you feel it all the more because he never gets it. That's the power of the Twilight books: they're squeaky, geeky clean on the surface, but right below it, they are absolutely, deliciously filthy...
...knew it! Thank you for the in-depth reporting on the ethanol and biofuel rip-off. Are we as a nation so inept? Can't we figure out why prices for eggs and other groceries have gone up 30% in the past year? Please keep on top of this issue. David Jennings, SPRINGFIELD...