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However, my actual beef with the calorie tickers has nothing to do with the incomprehensible nature of the cards, but rather the philosophy behind them. As nice and simple as digits are to grasp, numbers of calories in food don’t always correlate with nutritional value, and the notion that the cards were supposed to be some guide-at-a-glance for healthy choices was inherently problematic. In a way, instead of demystifying Chickwiches and ranger cookies, the cards took attention away from the food itself in favor of abstract numbers; the overwhelming distress the cards caused...
...With a keen sense of timing, the 71-year-old retired general tried to bring maximum firepower and a strong grasp of the tactical landscape to bear on the campaign, leaning into the race after months of silence on his own timetable, with forces (in this case, words) he spent weeks and even months preparing...
...birth of the "Copyright Wars": According to Lessig, the war began during the fall of 1995, when members of the "content industry" (read: media giants) began to grasp the implications of digital technology on copyright enforcement. (An analog tape was difficult to copy and disseminate. An MP3 file, on the other hand, just required the click of a mouse). "What before was both impossible and illegal is now just illegal," Lessig explains. In September of that year, movie studios and record labels met with the Commerce Department to map out a new legal strategy. The wildly popular and ill-fated...
...Frederick’s eager grasp proved too rough for the ancient carving. Alcibiades’ crucial member broke off in his hand. Frederick eyed it with interest for a moment, then cast it aside with a curse. It was too small...
...some of the act’s provisions, such as improving the quality of teachers, requires extra money that the government has not provided. Without the money necessary to attract capable teachers and administrators or pay for textbooks or classroom aids, even more modest proficiency goals may exceed the grasp of many struggling schools. Though the intense recession has threatened the amount of funding available to public services, it is still vital that we support our school system. The proper training of our nation’s youth will safeguard our future and provide a bulwark of human capital against...