Word: sloganeered
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...here is that it's not just Ferrell. John C. Reilly, as Ricky Bobby's best friend, is hilarious, serving as his teammate in early scenes (coining their grocery store-inspired slogan: "Shake and Bake") and then as his nemesis later on. Amy Adams, as Ricky Bobby's unexpected romantic interest, wins us over with only a few lines of dialogue. Jane Lynch, as a tough-talking grandma, gets a handful of laughs, all while Ricky Bobby's two young sons all but steal the show with a back-and-forth that takes place during a family dinner at Applebee...
...thing; you are meant to be enveloped in a sort of ur-American nimbus that recalls every place and no place. Applebee's outlets tend to be built in suburbs that have no distinct identity on their own - no distinct "neighborhood" - which is why Applebee's slogan ("Eatin' good in the neighborhood") is so brilliant. It recalls the exact thing that's lacking...
...Clinton administration, says a conflict would likely end the transitional government?s chances of taking over in Mogadishu, severely damage the Islamists capacity to lead, flatten the city of Baidoa and leave Ethiopia with heavy casualties. ?The [Islamic] militias are highly motivated and disciplined and would rally around the slogan of protecting Somalia from foreign invaders,? says Prendergast. ?But the reaction from Ethiopia would be hellish and the Islamists know that...
...trend has occasioned some predictions of a coming matriarchy in which high-achieving women will rule over a nation of slacker guys. We've all seen the movie, an endless loop culminating most recently in You, Me and Dupree. That little girls' T shirt slogan--GIRLS RULE, BOYS DROOL--is beginning to look less like a slur and more like an empirical observation...
...dread that looms over the country. "Twenty years of reconstruction are being destroyed in a few days," the Tourism Minister, Joseph Sarkis, moaned to me from his nearly abandoned ministry. The owner of a subterranean nightclub called the Basement is trying to rally his patrons with a new slogan: "It's safer underground." Even in Beirut, that may not be enough to keep the party going...