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...struggle over the TV. Digital video recorders (DVRS) are the ultimate in viewer control, allowing users to skip commercials, pause live programs and watch shows at their own pace, rather than on a broadcaster's schedule. So British subscribers to the TiVo DVR service took it as a personal insult when the BBC comedy Dossa and Joe was automatically recorded on their machines in a format they could not delete. The BBC, which struck a deal with TiVo to promote Dossa and Joe, admits the aggressive tactic was a bad idea. But it raises the bigger question of who dictates...
...work is increasingly where we get our emotional needs met and is surpassing neighborhood, community, and even family life, as the source of feeling alive and connected to others." But, says Philipson, this hyper-investment can have disastrous consequences. "When all of one's life revolves around work, an insult or betrayal by a supervisor or coworker can be emotionally searing. If one feels ostracized from a workplace that has been the center of one's life, then friendships, community, personal identity, and even the very meaning of life, may suddenly rupture." Philipson, a clinical psychologist whose practice is devoted...
...department, whose “dream team”—a Rudenstine treasure—has been famous as a nexus of celebrity scholars, if not quite of groundbreaking scholarship itself. West’s intemperate allegations on his way out the door are not just an insult to Summers. They leave an uneasy cloud hanging over the University, which will be far harder to dispel than it was for West to create...
...manual recount played a key roll in putting Bush in the White House. Perhaps, as the Carter Center does for other nations, the U.S. should invite election observers from our European allies to oversee the process and make sure it is completely fair. This oversight would not be an insult to our sovereignty, but rather an important gesture to show that we are not hypocrites and that international oversight can go both ways...
...condemned; it is used to impart a message of tolerance. The first lesson is as subtle as a sledgehammer: Hank’s stepmother (whom he amusingly dubs Miss-Perfect-Lady Karen) berates Hank and Jake for casually slinging the word “fag” as an insult. Quivering with righteous indignation, she launches into a stern lecture that lacks impact for all its sincerity. The true lesson comes later when Hank befriends a homosexual couple and experiences the full vitriol of society’s hate and prejudice...