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...have been the only boy who ever grew up wanting to be George Plimpton. "Here was an extremely talented writer and public intellectual who was not averse to having fun in his life," says Hodgman. "To asthmatic children in the world, those Intellivision ads he did were a beacon. There was a tweediness out there that I could be a part...
Global Values 101 Edited by Brian Palmer, Kate Holbrook, Ann S. Kim, and Anna Portnoy Beacon Press...
...city officials; it didn't need fountains, ornate wrought-iron fences, or hedges shaped like animals. Instead of bulldozing the shipyard, he proposed, they could put it to new use. A gantry crane would make an interesting gate, a crumbling water tower could become the base of a lighted beacon. Instead of grass, the city should grow weeds. Zhongshan's leaders found the plan unsettling. "We wanted something distinctive, but this made us nervous," says He Shaoyang, then head of the city's planning commission. "It wasn't like a Chinese garden with a rock here and a tree there...
...participants "obnoxious" and "disgusting" and that "they should get out of San Francisco." (On Monday, Leno issued a statement saying he regretted that some had interpreted his remarks to mean he didn't think people of different beliefs should come to San Francisco; the city was, he said, a "beacon of acceptance and love of all people...
Natural disasters have exposed not only our logistical incompetence, but also the deeply fractured state of American society. NCCC is a platform of practical help and a bright beacon of hope. Its activities, rather than being harshly cut at the height of their success, should serve as an inspiration and provide a model for expanded programs...