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...this collaboration is a symbol of an even larger phenomenon. For decades, if not centuries, democratization has been a pillar of the Western ideal of progress. Whereas political democratization took world wars and falling empires to evolve, media democratization is quickly becoming a tangible reality through publicly accessible content over the Internet. Web 2.0 is ever furthering its reach...
...Pentagon's never been able to keep a secret, but top officials were really steamed this week when some unknown defense official tipped off the press to the impending announcement that Army troops would be spending more time in combat zones. In an ideal world, commanders want to be able to tell their combat units, in their own way, that they won't be going home as early as they hoped. Instead, Army grunts got the bad news via the Internet after it leaked prematurely to reporters Tuesday night...
...middle class view was against the expansion of a government that favored any special interest group outside of themselves. If one was industrious, they would not need any special treatment from the government. Much of Richardson’s focus is on the disappearing Western frontier, which provided the ideal of the hardworking individual free from eastern corruption and big government that Middle America lauded. But, Richardson reminds us, everyone had their place. Women receiving a greater public voice was only okay when they were doing feminine things, like improving conditions for their children. Middle class ideology said that...
...student involvement: “If there were a department putting on theater, then they wouldn’t have needed me as a student producer.”As for her role in professional theater, Mangu-Ward takes a down-to-earth approach.“My ideal situation, which is really hard to get, is to book a Broadway show or a touring show within a year to a year-and-a-half,” she says. “I don’t want a lead. I’ll take a chorus part...
...community-wide events at Harvard’s inclusive prefrosh weekend. But we also encourage it to provide information about cultural groups to all prospective students, not just to those of the relevant ethnic background, emphasizing the University’s commitment to welcoming all students with enthusiasm.In an ideal world, the University would be able to act upon that commitment, providing a personal phone call to each and every student, regardless of his or her ethnic background. But recognizing the finite nature of its resources, the University is appropriately focusing its effort on low-yield demographic groups for whom...