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...intended to single our students for bashing. Would that the problem were so simple! No, there is something wrong with our educational philosophy, and that in turn, reflects something disjointed at the center of our culture. Maybe as a nation we are still too young (an unbroken chain of our bests writers from James Fenimore Cooper to James Baldwin had to repair to the "Old World" to survive...
Melody Beattie is an American phenomenon. With her codependency concept, she connects with age-old quests for self-improvement and rebirth. These values, and the slogans that convey them, have reached the souls of millions of Americans who seem to communicate with one another through a national emotional chain letter. Off-putting or silly to the uninitiate, her messages inspire true believers. She has tapped into a preoccupation with addiction and alcohol, added a whiff of New Age mysticism and come up with a message that reaches Americans adrift in an atomistic society and often disillusioned with traditional psychotherapy...
...ponytail may be a style for all seasons, but new coiffures are coming up on the outside. Among them: a Hell's Angel look and what Supercuts haircutting chain calls "gangster chic." The first, a greasy down-and-dirty tousle once displayed by actor Mickey Rourke, can be achieved by gel overload or shampoo avoidance. For the gangster look, men can turn for inspiration to the oily Mafia sleekness seen in GoodFellas and the forthcoming Godfather III; actor Andy Garcia is its patron saint...
...housewares chain has found a novel way to prod consumers to snap up East German-produced King Wenceslas tree ornaments: "The democratization of Eastern Europe will almost certainly drive the cost of these ornaments beyond what we believe they should cost...
...deal is a testament to America's quick marketing abilities. Scarcely two months after American troops began arriving in the Persian Gulf, one of the marketing whizzes at Bloomingdales, the expensive department store chain, had devised "Operation Desert Shield from Home...