$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', '[')b]Buying Less Expensive Wine, and More of It
... People that would normally come in and might buy five or six bottles are now wanting to buy something cheaper by the case.
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Escapism
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Escapism
by bratticus » Sat 03 Jan 2009, 07:59:04
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', '[')b]Khat -- is it more coffee or cocaine?
... It is something that gives you a heightened sense of invincibility...increased demand for the plant in cities such as Washington and San Diego
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', '[')b]During troubled times, moviegoers seek escape and hope
... Viewer demand for escapism probably has increased the fortunes of mindless comedies such as <i>Beverly Hills Chihuahua, Four Christmases and Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa.</i>
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', '[')b]Reality Can Be Escapist, Too
... On my recent, more or less annual viewing of “It’s a Wonderful Life,” I was stopped in my tracks by the run on the building-and-loan company of the hero, George Bailey, as the panicked citizens of Bedford Falls try to rescue their nest eggs. George tries to explain that the money isn’t available because they’ve invested it in each other — one fella’s savings helped to finance another’s business or secure a neighbor’s house — but the scene, though meant as a tableau of solidarity, seems more eloquent today as an account of moral hazard.
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