Word: thingness
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...would politely hold the door, not only for the person after him, but for everyone else in the party. It wasn't a gesture of submission. No one would have seen him and said, "Oh, man, Jerry was holding the door for people!" Instead it was the kind of thing Levin seemed to feel would be expected of a Time Warner executive. In Case's world, the polite thing to do is get through the door and out of the way. In Levin's, it's to hold it for others. But the two men do seem to have...
...only that, but because this was not a merger between two companies in the same field--cyberspace being something new under (or rather beyond) the sun--they foresaw no antitrust problems, even though the $165 billion takeover is the biggest in history. "This thing is instantly available everywhere...so it's my view that this is kind of a clean break with the past," said Levin. "I don't see a regulatory problem." He is undoubtedly right as a predictor of government (in)action. Which is to say the takeover will probably be the beneficiary of the Robert Bork-Chicago...
...aims at. In the second episode, a white resident panics when an African-American girl shows up with a gray efflorescence on her legs. A black pediatrician shows him the miracle cure: Vaseline. The girl has ash--a mundane dry-skin condition--and tells him, "It's a black thing." You may remember the second part of that catchphrase: "You wouldn't understand." That makes a good T shirt but not good Nielsens (or race relations). For City's crew and would-be successors, a lot rides on making viewers of all colors understand--or, at least, want...
...Cultural Revolution; her parents were sent to labor camps while she served as a Red Guard. She taught herself English and in 1979 was among the first Chinese sent to U.S. schools. "I was always too stubborn," Hu says. So she wouldn't be cowed by a little thing like directing an epic in her homeland. "Americans and Chinese are very much alike," she says. "The film gives me a chance to get that message across...
...Angelo just does that sexy humble thing, and mumbles at his plate...