Word: despairs
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...passionately over the ethics of cloning, and research on embryos in general, found themselves united in their disgust. When he saw the Raelians on TV, says Arthur Caplan, director of the Center for Bioethics at the University of Pennsylvania, he thought, "Preposterous announcement by kooks." But he also felt despair, as did many scientists who believe that the only way the most morally intricate research can proceed is by keeping it away from charlatans. "I knew they would have a very damaging impact on the cloning debate. First, they would just plain scare people," Caplan notes. "The Raelians...
...would be handing Ken Lay his leadership moment," regrets not taking her concerns to a higher authority. To get by, she has cloaked herself in her family and church. "Her faith," says William Vanderbloemen, her pastor at Houston's First Presbyterian, "was sharpened." But so, markedly, was her despair. "There were some very bleak moments throughout when you're just so disappointed with human nature, with the power of greed and the power of denial, trying to rationalize that you've done nothing wrong," she says...
...ocean cruises are your idea of fun, don't despair. This might even be a great time to go shopping for a bargain. The ships have been cleaned. The food and water have been examined and found virus free. According to the CDC, it was probably the passengers who brought the virus aboard...
...coincidence that Despair is booming at this particular moment. Kurt Barnard, a retail consultant in Upper Montclair, N.J., says, "Anytime consumers see an opportunity to get even with corporate America, they'll do it." But Despair is on to some fundamental, painful truths. Gene Hendrix, a lecturer on organization design at San Francisco State University, starts every class with a discussion of a different Despair poster. "What I'm trying to get students to do," he says, "is deal with corporations the way they...
...Despair just released its 2003 line of Demotivator designs, but customers are also finding a creepy resonance in older messages. "We hear from people who say things like 'Man, I bought that Blame poster on impulse a couple of years ago,'" Justin says. "'But now I'm seeing that there really are people who believe that success is knowing who to blame for your failures.'" Justin--a college dropout and dotcom failure during the boom, a CEO and dotcom success in 2002--laughs a rueful laugh at that...