Word: connector
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...concentration-camp guard. For Hare, it's both a meditation on truth and reconciliation, and an exploration of how ordinary Germans became complicit in Nazi horrors. The Reader revisits his signature subject: how personal responsibility meshes with historical events. And it underlines his role as modern theater's great connector, examining the joins between the personal and the political even as he straddles the chasm between America's showbiz glitz and Britain's leftist theatrical tradition...
...During her nearly four years with the group, Michelle set fund-raising marks that remain records for the organization. In the process, she developed an unparalleled network of young activists. "She was a connector. They were a power couple. They helped each other along the way," says Craig Huffman, a graduate student from the Southside whom Michelle took under her wing and recommended for the charity's board. Huffman was drawn into Obama's orbit and, like dozens of Michelle's other protégés, volunteered for Barack Obama's campaigns. "Each ally was placed with...
...people, but in Los Angeles, we can't even let them have that. Here, Heather Thomas - the Fall Guy actress who was a leader in bikini-poster sales in the sad, dark days before we could see famous people naked all the time - is the city's most important connector in Democratic politics. She's been able to do this partly because she's smart, partly because she's a terrific networker and mostly because she married one of L.A.'s richest lawyers. Thomas has held fund raisers for John Edwards, Barbara Boxer and Al Franken, but she's best...
...connector into the audio-out jack of my music player and listened to the Beats alongside the 3s. While the bass notes were comparable for both sets of 'phones, it was really the upper ranges where the stylish Beats styled. In fact, the difference was so pronounced that even my wife (who generally identifies music as "that noise" and who sighs dramatically whenever the source of it is shut off) could hear the sweetness. I could hear whole orchestras in the upper frequencies, whereas with the Bose 'phones, the sound was flat and muted. I don't mean...
...also been enormously rejuvenating.Compare my experience to the awful—and what seems like somewhat typical—voyage my friend Ariadne took to see her sister in Madison, Wis. this past Thanksgiving.Because her flight was delayed two hours out of Boston, she missed her connector in Minneapolis. (For the record, only a plane would ever pass your destination on the way to taking you there.) This happened to be the last flight to Madison, so she had to wait until the next morning and be re-routed through Chicago. Eventually, she found her way to Milwaukee, where...