Word: processing
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Going in, any "Survivor" version had natural advantages. First, the show isn't old - despite the accelerated aging process associated with cultural phenomena, this is only round two, and while it's no novelty any more, the "Survivor" model, with new cast members every year, is sound. Second, this was reality TV - think of the material! This wouldn't be a lame clips show, it'd be a fun, gossipy Probstian romp through those 99 hours a week languishing till now on the cutting-room floor...
...universal annoyance with Jerri, and last week the Ogakors held. The show looks set to sleepwalk through the next three weeks, because strategy so obviously dictates that the majority should hold together as long as possible before turning on each other. Immunity challenges are supposed to kink up the process, but it hasn't happened...
...There's a great tradition at Harvard of producing great writers and poets," Kalam says. "[The program] should be very hard to get into, otherwise it cheapens the creative thesis process...
...When the Oslo peace process began in 1993, a cautious Yitzchak Rabin insisted that any exchange of territory for intangible promises of peace must include a provision calling for Palestinian leaders to cease from engaging in "hostile propaganda" against Jews and Israel. Toning down the rhetoric of hate was a necessary prelude to resolving all other issues. Unfortunately, Rabin's core request has never been addressed...
...Similar to established dictatorships in the Arab world, Palestinian leaders recognize that to stay in power, they must deflect attention away from their own corruption by continuously rousing anger against a common enemy. Unfortunately, they have been quite successful at it, and, in the process, created a culture of hate. Until a leadership emerges that truly wants what's best for the people, resumption of the peace talks would be a fruitless effort...