Word: ennui
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Summoned by e-mails, random strangers have been gathering at specific times in predetermined places this summer to engage in miscellaneous collective action. If this sounds vague, that's because it is. Whether the phenomenon, referred to as a "flash mob," is a cure for the ennui of the wired generation or an incipient form of social protest may be open to debate. But what is clear is that flash mobbing is global, and it's spreading. One mob recently gathered in New York City's Central Park, mimicked bird calls and chanted "Nature, nature" for 20 seconds...
...billionaire Boris Berezovsky, who helped Putin get elected but broke with him soon after, is now in restless exile in London. No one has a clear explanation for this change in Khodorkovsky's behavior, though many believe that the answer lies in a combination of massive wealth and growing ennui. "I think he is just bored," says one Duma member. "And as he is very rich, perhaps he thinks he is smarter than anyone else." Whatever Khodorkovsky's motivation, the Kremlin moved fast to teach him a lesson. [an error occurred while processing this directive]In entering the political arena...
...three years, he has been slow to embrace the French language and he moved his training base from Nice to Spain. His relationship with the French press, particularly Le Monde, which aggressively pursued rumors that Armstrong had used performance- enhancing drugs, has been prickly. Then there is that ennui produced by Armstrong's ruthless efficiency. "The French like winners, but when the win is so crushing people get bored," says Bidet. "The Tour de France seems over before it starts. French people would like more suspense." In this geopolitically freighted year, might there be any unexpected twists...
...sense of d?j? vu that descends as you check into your hotel. For there, with deflating inevitability, is the all-day coffee shop and the signature restaurant, the atrium lobby and the noisy bar, all cut from the same international design template. But for everyone suffering from executive-suite ennui, an alternative is at hand: the private club...
BETTER LUCK TOMORROW. Justin Lin’s complex, exhilarating breakthrough film features an all Asian-American cast and packs some real punch. Four high school overachievers inevitably bound for prestigious Ivy League universities turn to cheating, drugs and crime to escape the terrible ennui of their privileged suburban lives. Critic Roger Ebert stood up on a chair at the Sundance Film Festival to defend Lin’s portrayal of Asian-Americans. See full story in the April 11 issue. Better Luck Tomorrow screens...