Lubitsch's fingerprints, however smudged or scrubbed, are detectable on any recent romantic comedy you could name, since it was he who simultaneously invented the genre and perfected it.
"It's gone from being something that was a little bit fun, and something you could avoid since there weren't that many of them, to feeling like you're dodging bullets all the time," said Ann Gottlieb, a marketer who has shepherded fine fragrances from brands like Dior and Marc Jacobs.
Both studied the paintings with apparently equal interest, which you could understand, since the bold patterns, the thick, graphic outlines and bright colors of Roy Lichtenstein's work often resemble the simple, eye-catching illustrations of a child's book or comic.
And, to an extent, you could argue since the beginning of writing in general.
John Deere's X748 Special Edition Ultimate Tractor gives you back-to-the-land backyard cred even if you are just sipping chai latte which you could be, since there is a cup holder and listening to the Sons of the Pioneers, which you could be, because there's a power plug for your CD player.
It's the least you could do, since you were too lazy to buy a greeting card (a what??), and probably forgot the birthday anyway since you are now long accustomed to Facebook taking care of remembering it for you.
And you could argue that since Unilever or Nestlé are committed to producing food, and since food is essential for the maintenance of society, both companies are just as much social impact businesses as ITM Power.
Since you could not have it all, since your dreams and rights were squandered by the culture you grew up in, you were determined to raise a daughter who would not be held back by anyone; not by other men, not by government or institutions, not even by my own mind and worldview.
You could argue that Since I Left You, with its brazen lack of original content, represents the sound of pop finally eating itself.
