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...good entertainment, so we can't completely dismiss it as immoral," rationalizes Arthur Rinaitwe, a 21-year-old student standing in the back of a packed rooftop bar-restaurant on a Big Brother night. His girlfriend, who had managed to grab a seat, nods vigorously in agreement. The couple come often to this venue known for its faux thatched roof, green foliage and towering statue of a giraffe. Up the winding bamboo steps are groups of men huddled around tables to watch a soccer game on one TV. An equally large, but mixed-gender throng has gathered on the other...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Africa's Guilty TV Pleasure | 11/16/2007 | See Source »

...easy to dismiss petrol-bomb throwers, but when millions of young people feel that the opportunities and costs of globalization aren't being fairly distributed, companies that appear sympathetic may gain a competitive edge. European and Japanese companies report that young graduates ask tough questions about a potential employer's social practices. And European firms, with their more developed commitment to social responsibility, Edelman argues, are developing a "halo effect" among consumers worldwide. For American firms competing globally, that's a reason to know what NGO stands...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Global Agenda: How to Talk to Protesters | 11/14/2007 | See Source »

...little more about product marketing versus online marketing.”And at the end of the day, as Manglani notes, “would you really be spending that much money on facewash?”DO WE REALLY NEED THIS?It’s easy to dismiss all these stories as college students trying to make an extra buck any way they can. But there are more layers to these narratives than a one-sided view would recognize.Harvard senior D. Zak Tanjeloff ’08 also jumped on the brand marketing bandwagon, but he was representing InternBar...

Author: By Erin C. Yu, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: What's in a Name? | 11/14/2007 | See Source »

...could do something without having to worry about how to support myself. I know you can only play the hand you’ve been dealt.” Family wealth is a reliable safety net; those who have never personally known poverty find it much easier to dismiss as a hardship. It is much easier to talk about overthrowing the system when one has never had to use it to climb...

Author: By Alwa A. Cooper, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Our Burden to Bear | 11/7/2007 | See Source »

...during this period,” she said in an interview after the lecture. “Let’s look at these people as Americans who had in fact taken in the notions that are inherent in the Constitution.” However, Heywood did not necessarily dismiss Hahn’s argument. “I always like when speakers give us a new take on an old subject,” she added. Hahn is a recipient of the Pulitzer Prize in History and the Bancroft Prize in American History for his latest book...

Author: By Rachel A. Burns, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Prof Offers New View of Slavery | 11/7/2007 | See Source »

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