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When Min K. Lieskovsky was a kid, she had dreams of world domination. “I wanted to banish everyone from the United States so I could ride a giraffe cross-country and never see anybody,” she says. “It’s not really normal, but I didn’t have any ordinary career goals...
...corn-bread dressing and sweet-potato pie. But this week they will add a few new rituals to their holiday meal. Some will poke and prod their turkey meat or smell it to check for rancidity; others plan to pass on the lunch altogether. Most everyone will try to banish the memory of last year's Turkey Day, which ended in a mass pilgrimage to the school nurse...
...understand why belly dancing is enjoying such popularity today, it's important to set aside certain preconceptions. Banish the image of nubile harem girls undulating under an Arabian moon for the amusement of sheiks. Envision instead women of expanding waistlines and advancing ages finding their inner goddess under fluorescent lights at the local...
...backlash has gone national. President Bush spoke out against the rise of remediation in a back-to-school speech on Aug. 29, and many state leaders are joining the fight. At least eight states now banish all or most remedial students from four-to two-year campuses on the theory that a state's flagship universities should not be teaching someone how to add fractions. Next year Tennessee will begin such a policy, but the state's higher-education commission has suggested something more sweeping: banning the use of state money for any remediation, even at community colleges. Similarly, legislators...
Like it or not, consumers are probably going to see more and more unexpected, and undercover, pitches. That's because the old model, the 30-second TV spot, is proving less and less effective. Digital video recorders such as TiVo now give viewers the ability to banish commercials, prompting network executive Jamie Kellner, CEO of Turner Broadcasting System (which, like TIME, is owned by AOL Time Warner), to warn that commercial-supported free TV is an endangered species...