With reality shows, fragrances and fashion lines, the Kardashians embody the new celebrity entrepreneur.
Our experience with reality is fundamentally mediated, and increasingly so via technologies of various types.
They think they can achieve anything without effort and have little contact with reality.
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Romney was characterizing his opponent as Olympian, highfalutin and out of touch with reality.
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The Republicans are so out of touch with reality that it boggles the mind.
"In many of these areas, America still hasn't caught up with reality, " he says.
People who have a hidden agenda or who confuse a model with reality can misuse it.
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Her experience with reality TV includes being fired by Donald Trump on "Celebrity Apprentice" in 2009.
He could maintain his consistent position on the Bush tax cuts or he could deal with reality.
Other times, new technology feels like a painful reminder that we have lost all touch with reality.
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He had been filming himself for more than two years as he gradually lost touch with reality.
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Leaders would rather deal with reality (which is hard enough) than have to combat hypothetical issues too.
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Why do it though, is it ever a good idea for politicians to tangle with reality television?
Commentators suggested this could have something to do with reality TV star Kourtney Kardashian naming her son Mason.
Fortunately, we have enough real-world tornado data to test how well the competing predictions match up with reality.
It is our management models incapable of embracing emotion that are actually irrational and at odds with reality.
If they want to compete and win conservatives need to very quickly re-learn how to deal with reality.
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Political demagoguery inhibits fiscal reform, but the rhetoric collides head on with reality.
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I'm a professional economist, and I deal with reality rather than mind reading.
"The policy of targeting young people doesn't really synchronize with reality, " he adds.
Opinion can get out of sync with reality, especially during periods of crisis.
Well, of course, any enlightened CIO deals with reality and then figures out a way to solve the problem.
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In large measure the rules are merely being bent to conform with reality.
If all we do is change our light bulbs to compact fluorescents, we will face a catastrophic collision with reality.
In recent days, John Brennan has made comments that make plain how dangerously out of touch with reality he is.
The note from Bernstein shows that Wall Street, which was previously behind the curve, is now catching up with reality.
But while we might have this innate self-centric orientation, there is something we can do to reconcile our perception with reality.
In Mexico's new political order, then, small-time rebels like Alvaro may be more in tune with reality than his hardline leaders.
There are certainly two reasons for supposing that the positive-thinking governor is more in touch with reality than his gloomy electors.
But there was one finding that I found genuinely out of step with reality and it has yet to be adequately discussed.
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