Cliché Corner
By
Lori Robertson
Lori Robertson (robertson.lori@gmail.com), a former AJR managing editor, is a senior contributing writer for the magazine.
"And even if [the Palm Beach Post's] review somehow gives the nod to Mr. Gore, another review under a different standard could swing it the other way."
Cincinnati Enquirer
"Player to watch: Goalkeeper Brad Friedel. He gets the nod here over Kasey Keller and he has been playing spectacularly in England."
San Diego Union-Tribune
"Toby Keith and Lee Ann Womack led nominees for Academy of Country Music Awards with six each, including album, single and song nods for the hits 'How Do You Like Me Now?!' and 'I Hope You Dance.' "
Associated Press
"The rage rock band Limp Bizkit was sucked up by MTV and featured on its daily nod toward musical pseudo-democracy, 'Total Request Live.' "
San Francisco Chronicle
"If the soft metallic patinas of the 1995 'Morning Mist' suggest a nod to Impressionism, the 1995 and 1996 polymer photogravures show a shift to the hard facts of the photograph."
Albany's Times Union
Cliché Corner Daily Double!
"The heretofore mostly unknown director [Steven Soderbergh] pulled a double-double at the Oscar nominations, with Best Picture and Best Director nods for Erin Brockovich and Traffic."
"The Marquis de Sade, a vampire and an incestuous emperor all got Oscar nods --plus Hannibal made $58 million in one weekend."
from the same story in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram
from more than 820 instances during two weeks in February, some of which referred to a literal head movement ###
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