Word: commonization
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...even more names, a medley against which Spain, or any other country with such a single dominant culture, can't compete. After meeting my umpteenth Javier, I realized that names alone can be an indicator of the variety of a place. It's not that there aren't common names in this country; my name alone claims an unruly percentage of each entering class at Harvard. But names come from a family's history, religion and culture, and the Spanish are all choosing from the same pot. Here, high school rosters present a daunting challenge to wide-eyed substitutes preparing...
Liem cites his "Works-in-Progress" program,which incorporates Senior Common Room members intoa mealtime lecture series in Dunster, as a "greatidea--I thought...
Just imagine their world. There is smut on the Internet; music comes wrapped in parental advisories; and television finally kills off Al Bundy but keeps the formula alive--take the lowest common denominator and divide by 2--with a succession of centerfolds turned prime-time stars. And now the White House is made out to be just another tasteless sitcom that causes us all, regardless of age, to feel as if we need a vaccination...
Maybe this is our last, best hope: that the Washington game of catch-them-with-their-pants-down is so wretchedly dark and low that the high road by comparison comes to seem a bright and shining path. Or that scandal has become so common that it's passe to kids...
That's why the alliance between Northwest and Continental, announced last week, will probably improve the ride for the two companies more than for their passengers. In the unorthodox agreement, Northwest will buy 14% of Continental's common shares--but 51% of the company's voting shares--effectively creating a domestic and international network to compete with megacarriers like United and American. The Continental shares are being sold by Air Partners, controlled by investor David Bonderman. Continental was operating on a wing and prayer five years ago when Air Partners and Air Canada (which since sold its shares) each invested...