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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...made it a signature of his work to poke fun at the ubiquitous brand names that have swallowed the American landscape. (It will hardly be surprising if Coupland’s next venture is a “Grapes of Wrath”-like epic in which the smartass owners of a family business come to grips with a new Wal-Mart in town.) As we learn the details of Roger’s pathetic downfall from “OK Dad” to “friendless alcoholic divorcee,” we also meet Bethany, a fellow...

Author: By Ryan J. Meehan, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Sorrows of the Young and Worthless | 10/25/2007 | See Source »

...translation, and in this case they are right. A malandro is, for want of a more succinct description, a hustler who survives by his wits and savvy, often fooling those richer or more powerful than himself, and usually skirting the law. He is a bohemian, a joker and a smartass. The word has been cropping up all over the sports pages of the local and international media in recent weeks, thanks to the efforts of the consummate malandro, Romario de Souza Faria. Better known to the world's soccer fans simply as Romario, the 41-year-old former World...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Brazil Braces for a (Bogus) Soccer Milestone | 5/16/2007 | See Source »

...what?” says the TF, looking to the smartass for elaboration...

Author: By Stephen M. Fee, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: You’re Not Fooling Me. You’re Just Pissing Me Off! | 3/10/2005 | See Source »

...Some smartass might point out that such a procedure exists in the Stableford system. True, but since maybe all of five people know about the Stableford system, I think it's high time we renewed interest in golf scoring that outpaces NBA scoring...

Author: By Daniel E. Fernandez, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Tenacious D: Different Strokes for Golf | 4/13/2000 | See Source »

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