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...bluff (or lie, to be more scrupulously plainspoken). If he is challenged, debates about whether the answer was honest are settled by a vote among all players, who award halo cards for sincerity or pitchforks for deception. The real action of Scruples is in the conversation, disagreement and insight the game inspires. "It's a good way to get people to talk about things they ordinarily wouldn't," says New Jersey Stockbroker Michael Deutsch, 39. "All of us make moral choices every...
...into the Army loiters through his days and keeps a journal filled with gnomic entries: "We are all drawn toward the same craters of the spirit--to know what we are and what we are for, to know our purpose, to seek grace." There was an originality to this insight; it was possible to live a meaningful life on one's own terms, to secularize spirituality...
Searching for some insight into Mitchell’s departure, I called and emailed A.O. Scott ’88 enough times to be sure I was becoming a nuisance. Unfortunately, the Times’ recently minted head film critic never responded...
...hours a day. And unlike PC manufacturers and retailers, who have to deal with wafer-thin margins, Intel--thanks to its dominant position--enjoys a 55% profit margin on every $300 PC chip. "Most companies would kill to get margins like that," says Nathan Brockwood, senior analyst for Insight 64, a Silicon Valley research firm...
...complete a $100 million state-of-the-art research facility in Suffern, N.Y. And Clinique last month announced a $7 million research grant devoted to the study of skin with Weill Cornell Medical College, the first ever collaboration between a university and a cosmetic brand. Perhaps the most revealing insight comes from Estée Lauder's research chief Daniel Maes, who notes that along with peptides and other compounds, his firm's Perfectionist cream includes optic polymers that reflect the light that hits the skin--creating the optical illusion that a wrinkle is smaller by blurring its edges. In other...