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...authority figures who look and sound like oneself,” she wrote in one entry, “and to believe that intangible manifestations of sexism (or racism) are still pernicious and ‘can be blamed,’ so to speak, for discrepancies in performance, etc...
...clubs. Do you have any new plans for helping your followers do more good in the world?-Julie Eliza, TALLAHASSEE, FLA.I think if I lead by example, that's the best thing. I come from a pretty environmental kind of background, but I've got toys [yachts, planes, etc.]. So you know, the obvious thing next is to try to green myself up first and lead by example. It's a hard one, but I'm working...
Dinner-party diplomacy didn't suit George Washington's palate. While the food was good--"roast beef, veal, turkey, ducks, fowls, jams, etc.; puddings, jellies, oranges, apples, nuts, almonds, figs, raisins, and a variety of wines and punch," recorded one guest--the host often sat in complete silence. It fell to others to set the table for key compromises in Washington's first term. When the first Congress reached an impasse over two issues--where to locate the permanent capital city and how to pay off the Revolutionary War debt--Thomas Jefferson asked Alexander Hamilton and James Madison to share...
...music and video from them as well, and they would rather you not call internationally without using their high rates. All of this means that consumers are consistently cut off from inventive startups. The carriers control billing for add-ons, and service providers selling ringtones, music, video, etc are so new that they need the carriers' help to gain a foothold. When the carriers do open up to partners, they often demand a 50% of revenue, far exceeding the below 20% share carriers get in other countries...
...rich, you spend proportionately less to eat--has held so strongly over so many generations that economists have given it a name: Engel's law (for Ernst Engel, a 19th century statistician). The foodie revolution that began in the '70s--arugula over iceberg, short ribs over brisket, etc.--has challenged Engel's law among lites who will pay, say, $80 for a single pound of Nantucket Wild Gourmet cold-smoked salmon. But finding impossibly tender lox is a recreational, not nutritional, pastime. And anyway, most Americans aren't spending more on food...