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...overload really hit me while at the airport. Once past the souvenir shops and food court, one might reasonably hope to wait for a plane in peace. Yet in most airports, the buzz and whir continues right to the gates, with CNN's Airport Network the prime culprit. Sure, they feed our news addiction and send along the stream of stock prices (the symbols themselves some quixotic mix of advertising and investment), but they don't stop there: One "news" piece, more likely a subtle advertisement for a product or resort, is followed by the CNN logo and theme music...
...same way that the bold frontiersmen of the 19th-century gold rush were different from the era's staid urban patriarchs, today's American college graduates differ from their parents as they take their place in the "modern gold rush" economy. According to a report from CNN, an increasing number of college seniors are turning to the here-today, gone-tomorrow Internet world for post-graduation jobs, rather than exploring "safer" alternatives in advertising, banking and the law. Like the economy, today's graduates are a different breed than their predecessors. Unlike their parents, who sought long-term jobs...
...supporters for the Miami family attempted to change the game with a new line of attack, accusing Elian's father of abusing his son. Juan Miguel Gonzalez had been "verbally and physically abusive" and should only be allowed to see his son "under appropriately, psychologically sound safeguards," Coffey told CNN. Again, it was left to Osberg-Braun to modify the charges, saying Juan Miguel had been verbally abusive with his son on the phone (she accused the father of telling Elian his mother was still alive in Cuba, but later conceded that she?d heard no such remark) but that...
...that he sign a commitment to peacefully surrender the boy if they lose their legal appeal - or else lose his temporary custody of Elian on Thursday - Lazaro Gonzalez and his family appear to remain defiant. The only circumstance under which they'd surrender the boy, his daughter Marisleysis told CNN Tuesday, was if Elian's father came to their home in Miami and the boy wanted to leave with him. On the latter point, ABC announced, in the face of fierce criticism over its Elian Gonzalez interview, that it had excised the portion in which he expresses his desire...
Nordstrom and Ridderstrale are also speed freaks. In a CNN world, they write, speed is a lifesaver--especially in bringing products to market. The lion's share of Hewlett-Packard's revenues, they point out, is derived from products less than a year old. To succeed in such a high-velocity world, companies must take risks, accept and welcome failures and shun all things average, bland and safe. They must grab consumers by surprise--not unlike the songs Lennon and the Beatles wrote when they gained a stranglehold on pop charts...