Word: cosmopolitanization
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Idei appears to be inspired by Morita, who years ago foresaw the integration of entertainment electronics hardware and software. Like Morita, Idei is cosmopolitan, speaking fluent English and French and favoring stylish suits. As a youth he dreamed of becoming a violinist but gave that up to major in economics at Tokyo's Waseda University. Idei is now Sony's guru, instructing engineers--his Digital Dream Kids--in the art of merging home electronics with information technology. "We're going to make the home much more exciting," Idei predicts...
...this sort can still occur in such seemingly modernized and pluralistic places as New England, one of the more progressive areas in one of the most progressive countries in the world. In reality, modernization has little to do with this kind of factionalism; indeed, some might argue that a cosmopolitan society actually creates a need for rivalries of the Yankees/Sox variety, as an outlet for tendencies which might be exerted less peacefully in a more fragmented society. These regional rivalries are the engine which drives the modern American sports industry...
...dead soldiers were a virtual portrait of Israel's incredible diversity. They included not only Jews, but also Druze, Bedouins and other Muslims who serve in the Israeli army as patriotic citizens. They came from every region of the nation, from cosmopolitan cities to small agricultural settlements. To us here in America, at Harvard, this loss of human life, of foreign soldiers in a little-understood war, is very distant and impersonal. These dead soldiers were not so very different from any of us, however. Most were between age 18 and 22, the very same age as American college students...
...seems that in thus naming its department, Macy's has taken a bold step against the prevailing norms of our culture, in which cover models are often anorexic and Cosmopolitan regularly runs articles on how to be 5'6" and 110 pounds. We at Dartboard applaud this supposed attempt to affront societal stereotypes. We wish, however, that we could believe that Macy's did it on purpose...
...stays late at work, ruining that special dinner you've cooked, the appropriate response is not anger but, "You've really been working hard lately. I'm so proud of you." Something does not parse here. "This is pretty old-fashioned stuff," says Brown, editor of Cosmopolitan, who endorses some, but not all, of the Rules. "Weren't we supposed to be free...