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...coratifs, his work has centered around the idea of "image." By that, he doesn't mean simply photographs, posters or films, though lots of Hollywood examples turn up in his conversation. "Image is imaginary," he says, "right?" And to whom does the image belong? Celebration Park opens with a giant neon sculpture saying, "I do not own Tate Modern or the Death Star." Other neon signs, all beginning with the words "I do not own," follow, disavowing possession of such cultural icons as Charlie Chaplin's Modern Times and John Cage's noteless musical composition 4'33", both of which...
...approval rating at just 25%. And while disapproval of Congress as a whole isn't rare, polls are finding that more and more voters are dissatisfied with their own lawmakers--a more telling phenomenon. The Democrats hope that come Election Day, this perfect storm of discontent will stir a giant wave to sweep the G.O.P. out of the majority. In a recent presentation to top Democrats, pollster Cornell Belcher said the party has its best chance since the Reagan era to win slices of the electorate that have come to be identified with the G.O.P. base, including churchgoers, young white...
...match-up of giant heavyweights, but the Harvard men’s soccer team’s match against the University of Pennsylvania this weekend is the first hurdle toward an elusive Ivy championship for both teams. Penn has not won since 2002—and only once since 1981—while the drought for the Crimson stretches back to 1996. Heading into the start of Ivy League play this year, both Harvard (5-2-0) and the Quakers (4-2-0) are ranked just behind Brown as favorites to contend for the title. Currently, UPenn debuted this past...
...Even high schoolers are groomed by companies such as Microsoft; the software giant sinks its hooks into the most promising by reeling them into college internships that often lead to jobs. And internship programs that focus on minority or disadvantaged youth are proving a successful way for large employers to diversify their workforce...
...Malvar was among 500 to apply for 35 spots at the Bellevue, Wash., software giant. "Here I am, I'm 16 and working with 46-year-olds on the same projects," he'd marvel. Tasked with finding bugs in a flight simulator, he didn't know which was harder to learn: the programming language or the language of work. "I had to speak and write in a way that adults would understand, or the project would be at risk," he says. "They dress in shorts there, but it's still a very serious business...