Word: concepting
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...Most of the country is still more concerned with peace and safety than political autonomy and will quickly defect to the Nationalists if a threat of aggression becomes real. What's more, investors both within and without Taiwan trust the Nationalists' economic stewardship. Many Taiwanese may love the concept of autonomy, but will still take a silent relationship with China over jeopardizing their economic and physical safety...
Everyone who indulged in putting together a bracket this week for America's favorite office pool should be familiar with the concept that it is very difficult to beat a good team three times in the same season...
Like its 1996 predecessor, HBO's If These Walls Could Talk 2 (various dates in March) takes a high-concept approach--three stories set in one house in three decades--to a high-profile issue: in the first, abortion; here, lesbianism. (Walls 3 will no doubt treat health-care reform.) Like its forebear, this uneven but worthwhile film is less about sex than its aftermath. In "1961," Vanessa Redgrave, whose lover of 50 years has died, meets the woman's nephew, arrived to dispose of the house he's inherited and clueless about the lifestyle of his "maiden aunt." Redgrave...
Peter Beinart's article "Will Politicians Matter?" suggests that Americans are returning to a broader and more traditional definition of politics as something that takes place in all walks of civic life, not merely inside the Beltway and the ballot booth. Such a concept seems to be closer to what Aristotle and other ancient philosophers, who viewed politics as applied ethics, had in mind. To the extent that we consider ourselves citizens, we must become politicians in the oldest and widest sense of the word--not only by voting and running for office but also by participating in the fast...
...great old department stores," says TIME business editor Bill Saporito. "Once the original family sold it, it fell into financial mismanagement. But at the same time there's just no market for middle-end retail anymore. You have to either be high or low. Category killers have altered the concept of retail forever - and for the better. Products are more specialized and cheaper than in department stores." Maybe so, but walking down the harshly lit aisles of a wire-racked discount store, it's hard not to be nostalgic for the majesty of the great old retail palaces...