Word: understatedness
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"This is the most understated overstated hotel in the world," says Wynn. "It's held back just a touch." Even though it's ridiculous to describe a $2.7 billion, 2,716-room hotel with a man-made lake, massage tables in the suites and Wynn's huge signature on the...
Out-of-pocket costs for cars and computers are understated. Last year the average suggested sticker price for a passenger car rose $467, reports the Department of Labor. But because of improved brake, air-bag and theft-protection technology, which made cars more valuable, an increase of only $386 was...
Irrational fear, paranoia and apocalyptic statements have abounded. More than one normally understated scientist has termed AIDS "the disease of the century." Others have, in the tradition of divine justification, viewed it as God's revenge on sodomites and junkies. There have been far more pervasive epidemics, certainly. In 1918...
The first disc also contains two of the very best offerings in the set. The 2003 “Summer Sun” track “Little Eyes” is the Beach Boys staring at their shoes, with a teasing, understated guitar solo and the surprisingly maternal delivery...
With the new film “Crash,” in limited release on May 6, the two finally put their less-than-stellar pasts behind them, respectively offering some of their best work to date. Dillon’s smarmy, understated performance in “Crash,?...