Word: upfront
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...find overwhelming at the mall is how utterly blatant American consumerism is. The mall doesn’t even pretend it is about necessity items. And maybe we should be grateful for that: Your local mall (that is probably now owned and renamed by a giant corporation) is very upfront about its mission. It exists to glorify consumerism—and to include you in that project. So while I wove in and out of oncoming foot traffic making mental lists of what I “refuse to buy,” “kind of need?...
...accompaniment of his band, raps well about how he gets all of the attention, and the band raps poorly about how they get no attention. The worst comes when the band dons gleaming white suits for a Boyz II Men-like harmonizing bit, with the fat D12 member upfront, breast coverage removed from his outfit. This video countered our theory that its Roman popularity might just come out of not understanding the lyrics, but despite our hatred for it, we wouldn’t change the channel when it came...
...Opposition on Sept. 6 by announcing a $A1.8 billion package that allowed him to say: "We will go to this election being a better friend to Medicare." Like Labor, the Government will reward doctors who bulk bill. But it will also give more money back to patients charged upfront for their consultation. It's saying, in effect: bulk billing is important, but so is the right of doctors to charge above the standard fee when they see fit. Having abandoned plans to euthanize it, the Coalition is shaping Medicare as less a universal program than a safety net for lowish...
...bottom line. Students may be accustomed to such deceptive public relations from politicians—as well as the University itself—but why is Harvard’s dining provider constantly covering up its budget cuts with obviously suspicious pretenses? Why won’t HUDS be upfront about its decisions...
...ones and the old ones. Watch them if they are good, and if they are bad, why, turn the TV on to UPN, leave the room and read an edifying book! If all goes according to plan, next year, at the end of yet another, overblown exhausting, overpromising TV upfront week, UPN will not need to announce a single new show. And at least one TV columnist and his aching typing fingers will be extremely grateful. Happy viewing...