Word: jacksonism
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...possesses is the Britney Bod, but many of us unreasonably aspire to replicate only the exterior features that Britney, Julia, Halle and (enter famous celebrity’s name here) are paid to have. Aspiring to look like anyone that beautiful would take a lot of money, as Cindy Jackson, the woman who paid over $100,000 to look like Barbie, proved. It would also take way too much time to be worth...
...well, what else is new? Why should we expect modernist taste to be any smarter than premodernist or postmodernist?) He was John Koch. His work is at the New York Historical Society. As it should be, for it is intimately part of the history of Manhattan, as, say, Jackson Pollock...
...months into the job, HARVARD president Lawrence Summers is finding he still has much to learn. He offended black professor CORNEL WEST during an October meeting by criticizing West's nonacademic activities--reportedly including his support of the Rev. AL SHARPTON--and drew fire from the Rev. Jesse Jackson and others who questioned Summers' commitment to affirmative action. West and two colleagues in Harvard's renowned AFRO-AMERICAN STUDIES department threatened a move to Princeton. But Summers made peace with West last week and reaffirmed Harvard's commitment to diversity. End of lesson...
...Such amenities are a growing trend--depending on new construction and where you live," says Kim Jackson, director of professional development at the International Parking Institute, an industry association based in Fredericksburg, Va. Even in the current recession, Jackson says, she expects the trend to continue, noting, "People may start putting more amenities in just to keep parkers coming into their garages, especially in the bigger cities." Indeed, while these amenities make money for small businesses like dry cleaners, the garages say they get no markups or commissions. They see the services as a way to attract customers...
...university president—as of any manager—to do that sometimes. And no one is exempt from such a challenge, even a sharply worded one; it’s simply a part of life. Those who cried “racism” and brought Jesse Jackson and others into the fray acted, I thought, in a cowardly as well as a bullying fashion...