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...idea that an individual needs quantitative data in order to understand his or her own community—and sometimes even him- or herself—represented a cultural shift in how Americans in the 20th century understood their society, argues University of Pennsylvania historian Sarah E. Igo in “The Averaged American: Surveys, Citizens, and the Making of a Mass Public.”Though the book isn’t beach reading, its look at the development of a mass society that came to understand itself though numbers rather than names and statistics rather than stories...
...more political. Real-life figures stir the plot, including the poet Francisco de Quevedo and the Conde de Olivares, the powerful Philip IV Minister painted by Velázquez. The Inquisition, in all its appalling horror, is brought to life, as is Spain's wrenching decline. Laments Iñigo, Alatriste's young sidekick, who tells the story: "It seemed that to be lucid and Spanish would forever be coupled with great bitterness and little hope." The new film is an ambitious attempt to capture Pérez-Reverte's mix of action, historical accuracy and literary ambition. Though...
...officer sparred with a 43-year-old at Au Bon Pain who refused to leave the restaurant last Saturday. John Igo, 43, of Cambridge first swung at the officer, then pushed him over a bike rack. Igo was slapped with charges of assault and battery on a police officer, resisting arrest, and falsifying his information to officers following the arrest. Igo originally lied to police about his name, address, date of birth and social security number...
...executives who need to recharge their umpteen mobile gadgets can start leaving all but one power cord at home. The iGo Juice ($119) can recharge most major-brand laptops by plugging into U.S. wall outlets (and foreign ones with a standard adapter), airplane armrests or car cigarette-lighter sockets. And for an extra $19, iGo's less than imaginatively named Peripheral Powering System can simultaneously charge most handheld devices and mobile phones. The Juice comes with a sleek vinyl techno-Dopp kit, so you can tote your slimmer, trimmer recharger in style. Warning: although this company's products can adapt...
...Asereje is No. 1 in France, Germany and at least six other countries. In Spain, it's still at No. 3 in its 19th week on the charts. Las Ketchup's album, Hijas del Tomate - Asereje plus "nine other songs just to fill up the CD," says Iñigo López Palacios, a pop critic for the Madrid newspaper El Pa?s - has gone platinum. All this success has surprised even Las Ketchup, who grew up in a big musical family but never expected to have a hit with Asereje - or any song at all. Just a year...