Word: capitalistically
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...might be like. Often, it has been the figure of the pimp - the image, the persona, but not always the reality - upon which we project these fantasies. The pimp mentality and approach to life is (an) all too frightening reflection of our intensely materialistic, highly sexed, hyper-capitalist society. Sometimes, a closer look at our political and business leaders, our pop culture icons, our historical heroes, proves that 'pimping' is more often than we are willing to admit, as American as apple pie." Well, maybe...
...sacred as Nightline is to news junkies and journalists, the ABC News folks know which way the wind is blowing. They aren't naive, just depressed. "I believe in the capitalist system," says Sam Donaldson, whose future as the host of This Week is up in the air after the retirement announcement of his co-anchor, Cokie Roberts. (According to press reports, ABC is grooming a replacement team of Claire Shipman and George Stephanopoulos.) "We are owned by a company that wants to make money, and I believe that the people who run these companies have...
Charitable institutions like Harvard do not operate in a vacuum. In particular, they are susceptible to the same forces of competition and customer dissatisfaction as any other institution in a capitalist system. Charities compete for donations, resources and the talent to administer those resources. In the case of universities, they compete to entice the nation’s top students to enroll, and the intelligent administrators realize that they should also compete to offer the highest quality institutional experience as perceived by students. Put simply, a university administration that hopes to turn the undergrads of today into the alumni donors...
...Congress. There is a growing corrupt and evil collaboration between government and business leadership in Washington. It involves many Republicans and Democrats in the Legislative and Executive branches who provide regulatory protection to U.S. corporations, unions and associations for campaign money. It's time to dissolve this corrupt capitalist partnership. CRAIG KAISER Arroyo Grande, Calif...
Throughout his ordeal, Fox has retained the boyish charm and wit that made Alex P. Keaton, the cold-blooded capitalist, into a lovable older brother and a hero to quite a few children of the 1980s. Yet Fox is no longer the carefree sprite he used to be—and the show’s theme song now hits a little closer to home...