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...into the story, La Perdida ($20; 275 pages), Jessica Abel's intense new graphic novel from Pantheon, goes deeper. In fact, it goes "native." Featuring a story about an idealistic American living in Mexico and written in Spanglish dialogue, La Perdida examines what is increasingly becoming a major cultural shift in the U.S. by looking at it from the other side. Like a mirror image, the themes of the book reflect those with which America struggles: the clash of language, culture and class...
What is different about the retail design of Anthropologie stores? Most stores are obviously all about the product, but this is a shift. Instead it's a space for you and the product...
...Israel panics now, and lets public opinion shift to the right, Benjamin Netanyahu will rise to power. The only real hawk in the election, Netanyahu promises to be harsh on terrorism—he will behave like a bull in a china shop. Wandering between the shelves with good intentions and no real desire to cause harm, he will shatter the little china figures into pieces and lead us to disaster. Israel will pay the price for panicking; as during Netanyahu’s previous term in office, buses will be blowing up in the center of Tel Aviv. Four...
...political issues. They cost votes." But even a safe supply needs to feel like good value to the end user. In truth, it is far from clear that energy consolidation benefits the European economy or the consumer. Yes, theoretically it's an improvement if energy suppliers can easily shift their gas or electricity around the region. But the market needs enough competitive players to make it work. So while Brussels might cheer consolidation in some sectors - cross-border banking, for example - in others, like utilities, it's more of a headache. Remember the deregulated U.S. market of the late...
...economists are smarter than political scientists, and political scientists are smarter than sociologists” as Summers allegedly did to Cowles Professor of Anthropology Peter T. Ellison, the former dean of GSAS. It didn’t help that Summers, an economist, was concurrently trying to shift funding from a sociology program to the Kennedy School. Such virulent disciplinary biases are unacceptable. The next president of Harvard should work from the top to promote vibrant intellectual exchange by creating an environment in which students and faculty feel equally valued regardless of their field of specialization...