Word: cosmopolitanism
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...marketing executive who was Ohga's surprise pick in April as president and heir apparent. In the past few months on the board, Idei persuaded Ohga, who has always been partial to Schulhof, that it was time for his protege to go. Like Morita and Ohga, Idei is a cosmopolitan blend of East and West. He speaks fluent English and French, loves gadgets and rock 'n' roll, and favors stylish Italian attire. A high-energy executive who has trouble sitting still, Idei navigates Tokyo streets in a Jaguar sports car. His vision for Sony goes well beyond Walkmans and vcrs...
...quite a contrast to the University of New Hampshire. [Harvard is] is much more cosmopolitan place," she says, adding that the campus makes her wish for a map and some directions...
...cover, a Herb Ritts photo of Cindy Crawford decked out as a bare-navel George Washington, could put off anyone--it's an image that doesn't so much suggest a new and insouciant political magazine as it does a Bicentennial-era issue of Cosmopolitan. Fortunately, George is mostly uphill from there. One piece analyzes the leaking styles of various Clinton Administration officials; another offers a wonderful series of photos from New Hampshire in which a Pete Wilson operative snatches a BOB DOLE button off the shirt of a child who is posing with the Californian...
Then, in a reflex that testifies to the toll that brutality has taken on this once most gracious and cosmopolitan city, Vahida apologized for her anger. "I no longer trust anyone or believe anything," she said. "I just don't have any hope left...
...spite of this, intellectual life in the United States is thriving. The Cambridge to New York to Washington D.C. route is the one to which every cosmopolitan is ineluctably drawn. It is the richest, most fertile source of intellectual challenge...