Word: unexpectedness
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ALL THE REAL GIRLS. In the age of Joe Millionaire and How to Lose a Guy in Ten Days, being the recipient of the Sundance Film Festival’s Prize for Emotional Truth is at best a dubious honor. Audiences aren’t exactly storming multiplexes in search...
Although lingering longer in the Tea House was tempting, we declined a fourth round of tea. Tony brought the check on a black tray that balanced individually wrapped fortune cookies. “Patience is a virtue,” mine read—an expected ending to an unexpected...
During World War II, people were exhorted to knit socks for our soldiers. REMEMBER PEARL HARBOR. PURL HARDER, the posters said. The War on Terror poses a special challenge, as it's difficult to make the public feel involved--no tinfoil collections, no sacrifice of silk stockings to make parachutes...
Other restrictions mean some Starry Sky programs don't quite match the realism of their Western prototypes. Although the judge on TV Court is genuine, the government wouldn't allow Her Honor to rule on real cases for fear of ceding sensitive legal issues to foreign TV executives. News Corp...
Equally problematic in Thesis Club are the phrases “new,” “totally unique” and “has never been done before.” Total individuality doesn’t exist, and while innovation is nice, so is work based...