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When measuring ambition, anthropologists divide families into four categories: poor, struggling but getting by, upper middle class, and rich. For members of the first two groups, who are fighting just to keep the electricity on and the phone bill paid, ambition is often a luxury. For the rich, it's often unnecessary. It's members of the upper middle class, reasonably safe economically but not so safe that a bad break couldn't spell catastrophe, who are most driven to improve their lot. "It's called status anxiety," says anthropologist Lowe, "and whether you're born to be concerned about...
...anyone says I’m dishonest, let them count through my arguments,” he says. “I answer everybody who calls me on the phone, I answer everybody who writes an e-mail. People can go and look at the numbers themselves...
...last three years, I have shared a fire door with five different rooms. I have heard everything from roommate arguments and phone flirtation to impromptu shower a cappella and furniture construction. I have, unfortunately, listened in on tiresome pre-party rituals and even more tiresome post-party vomiting. I have heard some hilarious and humiliating accounts of weekend romps, and I’ve heard some weekend romps...
...during spring break—he told her it was the only time he could get to his office and get some work done. Indeed, West’s commitment to his students meant that FM only got to talk to him for three minutes on the phone. A student was at his door, he said, and despite what his critics say, duty must precede press...
...then, in the midst of all the unintentional comedy and over-acting, come the payoffs. Consider the following: a sequence at the end of the latest episode, in which Scofield’s nephew is being tracked and bugged by the bad-guy feds via his cell phone. The viewer curses (aloud) his stupidity and that of the lawyer—also on the lam—he calls for advice, as they reveal their locations and play right into the baddies’ hands. But then, after the agents board a bus to find an abandoned cell phone...