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Madhulk Posted 17 years ago
Vocabulary
Giving herself carpal tunnel...
Grant: l know she's family, Lane,
but Chloe Sullivan's lost her mojo.
Now she's a run-of-the-mill hack
giving herself carpal tunnel covering city hall
and Fourth of July parades. Giving herself only the freedom to cover plain events?
Lois: My cousin's feelings mean a lot more to me
than some stupid article.
Grant: Let me tell you something, Lane.
Newspapers don't have feelings,
they have stories. And stories are what pay the bills.
You think l'm being honored...Invited as guest of honor?
...by the Publisher's Guild tonight
because l'm Gandhi? Because l give a damn about feelings?
No. l break (write?)stories, any way, any how.
Lois: Well, you're gonna have to break this one
with someone else.
Grant: This isn't about your cousin.
This so-called flying saucer story,
it's all smoke and mirrors. She's lying about the spaceship?
You're using some high moral ground
to bail out of a sinking ship. You pretent to care about your
cousin's feelings because you have no story at all and you're making excuses?
but Chloe Sullivan's lost her mojo.
Now she's a run-of-the-mill hack
giving herself carpal tunnel covering city hall
and Fourth of July parades. Giving herself only the freedom to cover plain events?
Lois: My cousin's feelings mean a lot more to me
than some stupid article.
Grant: Let me tell you something, Lane.
Newspapers don't have feelings,
they have stories. And stories are what pay the bills.
You think l'm being honored...Invited as guest of honor?
...by the Publisher's Guild tonight
because l'm Gandhi? Because l give a damn about feelings?
No. l break (write?)stories, any way, any how.
Lois: Well, you're gonna have to break this one
with someone else.
Grant: This isn't about your cousin.
This so-called flying saucer story,
it's all smoke and mirrors. She's lying about the spaceship?
You're using some high moral ground
to bail out of a sinking ship. You pretent to care about your
cousin's feelings because you have no story at all and you're making excuses?
Top answer
"Carpal tunnel syndrome" is (without me taking time to look it up exactly) a term for a repetitive stress injury involving the wrist. So, Chloe is injuring her hand writing so much about unimportant news. "Honored by the Publisher's Guild" - yes.
- "Carpal tunnel syndrome" is (without me taking time to look it up exactly) a term for a repetitive stress injury involving the wrist.
- So, Chloe is injuring her hand writing so much about unimportant news.
- "Honored by the Publisher's Guild" - yes.
- They are most likely presenting him with an award.
- " "Smoke and mirrors" - unsubstantial, trickery.
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"Carpal tunnel syndrome" is (without me taking time to look it up exactly) a term for a repetitive stress injury involving the wrist. So, Chloe is injuring her hand writing so much about unimportant news.
"Honored by the Publisher's Guild" - yes. They are most likely presenting him with an award.
"Break a story" - to be the first to write about it, to "get the scoop."
"Smoke a
"Honored by the Publisher's Guild" - yes. They are most likely presenting him with an award.
"Break a story" - to be the first to write about it, to "get the scoop."
"Smoke a
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DelmobileOh and hey, the kids and I watched King Ralph this afternoon. It was cute.See? I told you.
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Oh, BTW, when Grant says This isn't about your cousin.
This so-called flying saucer story,
it's all smoke and mirrors.
He means her refusal for the story has nothing to do with her cousin, right?
He's implying she has nothing, right?
This so-called flying saucer story,
it's all smoke and mirrors.
He means her refusal for the story has nothing to do with her cousin, right?
He's implying she has nothing, right?
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I'm not sure what the flying saucer story has to do with the cousin. "This isn't about your cousin" definitely means that her refusal has nothing to do with the cousin, yes. Is she refusing to write a story about her cousin and offering to write another one about flying saucers? Is the cousin refusing to write something and offering an excuse about flying saucers?
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Lois is Chloe's cousin. Chloe works in 'The Daily Planet' while
Lois is with the 'Inquisitor'. Grant is the new editor of the Planet.
And he overhears Lois talking to Chloe about a spaceship she saw.
So Grant offers Lois to hire her to work for the Planet if she writes
about the spaceship and he totally disparages Chloe. But Lois refuses to write this story, saying her
cousi
Lois is with the 'Inquisitor'. Grant is the new editor of the Planet.
And he overhears Lois talking to Chloe about a spaceship she saw.
So Grant offers Lois to hire her to work for the Planet if she writes
about the spaceship and he totally disparages Chloe. But Lois refuses to write this story, saying her
cousi
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