Word: superealism
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Worrywarts have been saying such things since the mid-1980s without much to show for it. But something changed after 2001, when what had been a long and in retrospect moderate rise in indebtedness exploded into a spectacular binge in mortgage and home-equity lending. It started with super-low interest rates that kept consumer spending rising even as the tech boom of the late 1990s collapsed. But before long, the mortgage boom took on a life of its own, with ever bigger and weirder loans handed out to people who would be able to pay them back only...
...ShopperTrak's Bill Martin expects a lull over the next few weeks as "a lot of procrastinating kicks in." After all, with an unusually long 32 shopping days between Thanksgiving and "super Saturday" (that's right, the Saturday before Christmas), what's the rush...
...forgets that grabbing a rebound requires two hands. HC ball, again. Longest possession ever. 8:21: Housman threads the needle from haflcourt to roommate Pusar. Within 4!, 57-53. 7:50: Another steal by Lin. Timeout. Crimson down four 57-53 with the ball and eight minutes to play. SUPER NOTE OF THE YEAR: Housman, with 19 points, has NOT MISSED A SHOT! This boy is possessed. 7:30: Housman with sick pass to Magnerelli. Down 2!! 7:10: The giant at the other end counters, Clifford has 16, 59-55. 7:00: Lin counters iwth beautiful fadeway...
...concept was, in some ways, challenging for a town so used to thinking of itself as cursed, but it happened nonetheless. First, the Red Sox won the World Series, the single most meaningful sports moment Boston will ever experience. A few months later, the Patriots claimed their third Super Bowl in four years, a victory that was so satisfying because it was so very meaningless after two prior championships. With these twin triumphs, a city steeped in a tradition of losing found itself immersed, uncomfortably but happily, in a culture of winning.But those aren’t my only sports...
...within the same day. “You don’t know what’s going on with these people. I was quite lucky to catch him at a time early on,” says Rich. “You know he’s doing super-important things, but he’s still making time to get back to people.” Rich and Iconis began to trade messages via MySpace and email. After discovering that they were both from Long Island, Iconis asked to hear Rich perform “Blue Hair?...