Word: comfortes
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...despite the comfort that comes from knowing that marketing has a long pedigree, it remains something we have mixed feelings about. On the one hand, it's an essential engine of capitalism--one means by which demand begets supply. But it also has something to do with fast talk and hidden persuaders. We blame it for the white noise of hype that infests our brains. We blame it for sales calls at dinnertime, an innovation that should not get any prizes...
...Western societies about the nature of toil - what it is and what it's worth. In Blood Sweat & Tears (Texere; 338 pages) Richard Donkin, a Financial Times writer on management topics, sets out to find some answers. The quest is not a complete success, but it does offer some comfort to today's overworked wage slaves. Donkin leads with his chin. In the first few pages he asserts that most of us work to help "make a better world," that "work has come to dominate the lives of the salaried masses so much that they are losing the ability...
...other moments, Graham was more of an abstraction: There was some inexplicable and subconscious comfort in knowing Katharine Graham was around, her solid news sense and unwavering business acumen making journalism a bit less of a boys? club...
...That?s not much of a comfort to people like Evan Hendricks, the editor and publisher of Privacy Times, a 21-year-old newsletter based in Washington, D.C. Hendricks believes the cameras represent a serious invasion of privacy - and virtually limitless potential for abuse. "All of a sudden, they?ve created an entire database of people who are just walking around and who?ve done nothing wrong," says Hendricks. "There?s no restriction on how these cameras are used or what happens to the images. Once the technology is developed, it becomes susceptible to manipulation. Think about it: We have...
...arbitration hearing about the company's decision, plead my case before an independent panel and have an oncologist testify that there's no link between lumpy breasts and cancer. If Breaux-Frist-Jeffords were law, the insurer would choose the physicians reviewing my case--an idea that doesn't comfort...