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...across not as great heroines or guardian angels but more as friends stopping off for a sleepover--the kind of friends who affect us more than any wise man could. Eternal in spite of themselves, they give a sly new life to Cassius' famous assessment in Julius Caesar, "The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves, that we are underlings." --By Pico Iyer
...Buruma also finds fault with General Douglas MacArthur for botching the chance to rebuild Japan on a solid democratic foundation. MacArthur's self-serving notion of the Japanese "as a childlike people who would run amok without imperial guidance" led him to protect Emperor Hirohito from prosecution as a war criminal, Buruma asserts, blurring the nation's responsibility for atrocities carried out in his name. And the war-renouncing constitution written by the Americans merely shifted the highest prerogative of state from the hands of a divine Emperor to a foreign capital, he says, institutionalizing an "infantile dependency...
...grown-up comes to a child asking for help looking for a puppy or for directions, the child should get a trusted adult to help instead. Kids don't have to be polite. We put a huge premium on making sure our kids are polite to a fault, especially to adults, and that translates into: "do what the man says." Communicate. If a child feels frightened, they should be encouraged to talk with a trusted person: mom, dad, counselor or teacher. The message for parents? Listen to your kids...
...academy's cocky flyboy culture at fault for its continuing woes? Or were wrong signals sent by the chain of command? Or both? Senator Allard has publicly identified Brigadier General S. Taco Gilbert III, the commandant of cadets, as a "common thread" in reports of women victims who felt they were treated punitively or indifferently. For the academy superintendent, Lieut. General John R. Dallager, a combat pilot with 600-plus hours' flying over hot spots like Southeast Asia and Bosnia--and the father of three daughters in the military--the scandal has been devastating. "There is a power relationship...
...retailer that sells everything from socks to $3,000 watches, says that while retailers recognize the continuing value of portal exposure, they know that they are ultimately responsible for making sales. "If Yahoo sends me 1,000 customers and I can't close the deals, then that's my fault," he says. The $3 million that Overstock spent last year to promote products on Yahoo Shopping, MSN Shopping and AOL Shopping together generated a quarter of the company's $120 million in consumer sales, Byrne says. Overstock doesn't share revenue with any portals...