Dec 05 2008
Orwellian Sins, Noted (Period 1)
Post ONE of your observed Orwellian sins. Note the source.
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If you like your thrillers rife with intrigue, if you like your subplots filled with subplots, then settle into your comfiest chair. There’s more at stake in this game than even the crystal football.
The SEC championship game is a renewed clash of generational powers. It is a soap opera. And it will serve as a referendum on the most dominant style of play in a league that has provided three of the past five BCS national champions.
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/notebook?page=iform0815
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We’ve stopped at nothing to give you a breakthrough of the mintiest proportions. (Seventeen magazine-advertisement for Extra gum)
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The diesel is so TORQUEY that you can actually be in 4th for a 2nd gear corner and still get a good punch when getting back on the accelerator.
Road & Track – January 2009
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It was a “deadly sin” to say “X is a political enemy: Therefore he is a bad writer.”
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TIME magazine article: “Is This Detroit’s Last Winter?”
http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1864168,00.html
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“The Ghost Ensemble, with their shuffling movements and penetrating stares, were both fascinating and truly frightening, and they served as a stark reminder of human morality, an important theme in the play.”
This confuses me. It’s too complex.
(Siegler, Carly. “‘Our Town:’ Another View.” Review. The Philadelphia Inquirer, 24 Nov. 2008)
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A magazine ad with a picture of a pool cue: “Stick with us”
http://www.wyckoff.com/stickwithus.jpg
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“The éminence grise of Repblican economic advisers, Harvard’s Martin Feldstein, raised some eyebrows in October…”
Time Magazine- December 8, 2008
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“The government is paralyzed by a stalemated power-sharing deal.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/05/world/africa/05zimbabwe.html?scp=1&sq=Zimbabwe%20Declares%20Cholera%20Emergency&st=cse
New York Times Dec 4 2008
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“I’ve noted that more than a few users find themselves dealing with similar problems that can be easily avoided. The concerns are generally practical in nature, and if not addressed early on, can lead to lengthy technical difficulties and additional costs in terms of time and money.”
Kay, Lowell. “Final Cut Pro Tips: How to stay out of trouble and avoid common pitfalls.” Indie Slate 16 May 2007: 30-31
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“It is the kind of cool, glittering irony that you’d expect to hear in a Stephen Sondheim song, this piece of information that materializes when one of the enduringly gifted composers of musicals talks about his fondness for movies.”
-NY Times Article: “Sondheim, Film Aficionado; Choices for Telluride Festival Show Nonmusical Side”
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Iraq has the “primary right to exercise jurisdiction” over U.S. forces “for grave premeditated felonies,” the agreement says
http://www.cnn.com
Story – Iraq gives final OK to U.S. pullout plan
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“If you don’t keep him on track and keep him balanced, he will drift away,” Watterson said. “If he gets on a slippery slope, you’re in trouble.”
http://myespn.go.com/blogs/afcsouth/0-7-30/Titans–O-line-revels-in-faux-friend.html
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“But as it turns out, Bhutan had its own landmark election this year, installing a constitutional democracy in what had been a total monarchy.”
New York Times- December 4, 2008
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“…when a bomb affixed to his neck…”
CNN.com
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“for hair and/or body – or both”
-Old spice Commercial
-and/or already means both so it becomes redundant and unnecessary
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“More movies, less commercials”
TNT slogan
http://www.broadwayworld.com/board/printthread.cfm?thread=985709&boardname=off&boardid=2
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“Think different.”
Apple slogan
http://mystarbucksidea.force.com/ideaView?id=087500000004ouhAAA
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“Cherry Hill goes green to save green”
Philadelphia Inquire pg 137 Mat Katz
Saterday Nov 29 2008
the second green refers to money
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