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...more than four years at an average of 4.2% growth, and the Board saw that trend continuing in 2000. Now the rest of the world is picking up steam. The pace is by no means even, of course. Some regions, like Latin America, are up against forces they cannot control; others, like Japan, are wallowing in the economic trough of the past. The overall outlook is heady. But only the deft will prevail in this supercharged economy. More than ever, even the most nimble are ultimately at the mercy of American shareholders, who could wake up one morning soon...
...while his family estate serves as quarters for a Nazi regiment during the German occupation. Focusing the intense light of reason on the past, he tries--at times desperately--to find an explanation for the moral outrages of his time. With his classical education shaping his intellectual proclivities, he cannot shake the vestigial Enlightenment belief in an underlying order to a coherent universe. Maumort is a man of the 19th century trying to understand a chaotic and morally perverse modern world...
...repeat: This country is going to [poop]. First, the Grammy nominations embarrassed us all by nominating Britney Spears, the Backstreet Boys and Christina Aguilera repeatedly (wait, didn't they give Celine Dion Best Album a couple years back?). And now, the Oscars prove once again that they cannot discern solid filmmaking from overindulgent hype. The voters only got two of the five Best Picture nominees right--American Beauty and The Insider. Because Oscar voters are voters for life, they all tend to be very, very old (I bet It's a Wonderful Life gets a few write-in votes every...
Unfortunately, those who derive a sense of status from their fancy little phones probably cannot be persuaded by reason alone. So, I encourage those of you with Nokia's strapped to your belt to look in the mirror and recognize that you look like an idiot. This ain't Star Trek, that's no Tricorder, and you're no Star Fleet Officer. There will be plenty of time later in life for you to fill the vacuum in your self-esteem with expensive gadgets. For the time being, spare the rest of us. If you're so worried about keeping...
...lectures, there is such a flow of ideas that a person's cerebral cortex just shuts down," he explains. "The students' brains are overwhelmed. They simply cannot absorb any more stimulation...