Word: facelessness
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...believe that advertising does things to us, that some impersonal, omnipotent force--"the market," "big business"--divides us to conquer, slicing us into targeted subsets. But if we're to be honest, we did much of this job ourselves. We divided, we conquered. Who, after all, are the faceless Madison Avenue suits stealing our music for ads? They're us. The battle of high school is over, and we won. The rest of the world now has to watch our videos, even if they're 30 seconds long and end with blurbs about 2.9% APR financing. Should we care that...
...mild-mannered Rudenstine, the official line sounds like that of a last-action hero: I don’t negotiate with terrorists. I envision him sitting (at home?) spamming the student body, his words booming out to the faceless (and bodyless) crowd, which roars in answer, “Ru-den-stine! Ru-den-stine...
...course of our two-and-a-half hour conversation pedagogical ideals were debated and moral standards called to task. For a brief moment, students’ voices found a direct route to a respectful and seemingly receptive future administrator. For a small segment of the Harvard population, the faceless man who will soon take the helm of the University was humanized...
...faceless chorus. Even exceptions like the comparatively rocking "Freefall...
...more transparent system would help avoid these disputes. The mere fact that the process is so compartmentalized fosters allegations of wrongdoing. Professors who are denied tenure find it easy to point fingers at a faceless, possibly stacked committee; accountability would reduce the acrimony that accompanies the tenure process. With a truly open process, junior faculty would feel that they are getting a legitimate shot to achieve tenure...