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...course, the children of wealthy parents don't always grow up to be self-indulgent, feckless adults, just as deprived children don't always become driven overachievers. But literature and media are stuffed with rich-kids-gone-bad stories, and there's plenty of anecdotal evidence that cosseted offspring can lack the thrift, independence, ambition, persistence and entrepreneurial spirit that contributed to their parents' success. Most people have heard of the "shirtsleeves to shirtsleeves" curse, which holds that family wealth, once accumulated, is typically dissipated by the third generation because trust-fund babies, having little regard for the money that...
...unadulterated looked behind the scenes of the ubiquitous media, words are definitely not used sparingly. Monologues? Forget about it. Three people talking over each other at the same time? That’s more like it. “It’s interesting how fast-paced and dialogue-driven the story is. Instead of showing action through developing complex characters, the plot is primarily driven by what people say,” says Ryan P. Halprin ’12, who plays the role of quick-witted Herald Examiner reporter Hildy Johnson. But Coles’s main objective...
...decriminalizing the act of abandoning an infant at a state hospital. Only five lines long, the law had one glaring omission - the government never defined an age limit. Since July, 30 children, most of them teens or preteens, have been abandoned at Nebraska hospitals. Four children were even driven from other states and left by their parents. Oddly enough, the law has had no effect on those it attempted to protect: no infants have been abandoned...
...Antonio Amadori, an experiential psychologist and author of a book on Berlusconi, Mi Consenta (Allow Me), believes the Prime Minister is ultimately driven by a desire to "completely fill" the public consciousness. "Asking why he does things is like asking why Jerry Lewis does things," he says. "This is who he is. He is theatrical and believes in his own charisma and abilities to improvise...
...positive one—the concession speech in which he returned to form in calling for unity during challenging times. The lasting image of McCain in the public’s perception and in the history books will be one of a dignified and independent-minded senator driven by his conscience rather than partisan politics and cronyism...