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...ambivalence and uncertainty in our generation’s ethical dimension—manifested in our political apathy, lukewarm career choices, etc. We are a group that is bred to pursue “greatness” and as a result do not always devote enough attention to the concept of “goodness.” We are not explicitly amoral, but we often remain ultimately passive on critical moral issues merely because of the complexities of taking a stand in our ever-complexifying world. We naturally have at least peripheral encounters with ethics during our four years...
...warm, thick voice of his old partner Mos Def, and the coolly meditative guitars and pianos DJ Hi-Tek brought to all his productions. But now, Rawkus is gone, the New York hip-hop scene is in hibernation, the old Mos Def is AWOL (lost to Hollywood and bad concept albums), and Hi-Tek produces worthless album tracks for G-Unit and 213. Since 2004’s crossover flop “The Beautiful Struggle,” Talib has been more likely to show up on wax with a motley assortment of marginally “conscious?...
...Harvard degree, and the capacity to interview well are all you need for a six-figure salary in this country. I am particularly glad to have found this out because I was beginning to worry that the American Dream of hard work leading to success was a dying concept...
...Japanese manga and simply spaced-out fantasies, each residence is an individual work of art. Madrid's Hotel Puerta Amrica has also gone eclectic. The boutique's 12 floors have been transformed by 19 architecture studios from 13 countries. Each level showcases a different avant-garde interior-design concept, from Zaha Hadid's sinuous lines and fluid spaces on the first floor to an exercise in geometry and light by London-based Plasma Studio's Eva Castro and Holger Kehne on the fourth. Other designs include Teresa Sapey's colorful parking garage, Christian Liaigre's Latin-inspired restaurant, Marc...
...teenagers who take part in a program called My Business Rules. The students learn about the world of work and do a team project to design a product and sell it. Craig Jenkins, a public servant who works with indigenous small businesses in northern N.S.W., explains to students the concept of business plans and what is needed to succeed. "The first 12 months is the most difficult for any business," says Jenkins, as the eager group contemplates the likely profits from its coming line of recyclable shopping bags. Motivating the town's indigenous youth requires indefatigable vigilance. Estens says there...