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Media outlets are in the wrong, too. By allowing their ethics to be enslaved to their pocketbooks, news providers who have aired government news broadcasts have violated their responsibility to provide conflict-of-interest-free news to their audiences. Caught with their hand in the cookie jar, it’s now up to the nightly news to return to whatever ethical purity it has ever been able to call its own, for its own sake...
...recently rejected for exploiting a loophole in the admissions website that allowed them to access their admissions’ decisions early—sound an awful lot like that little kid who sneaks into the kitchen just before dinner and gets his hand caught in the cookie jar. And just like that wayward child, the people rejected for their actions are protesting with every excuse in the book. But where we might be willing to forgive the child in his youth and ignorance, these excuses should not suffice for the HBS applicants, and HBS should be applauded for taking...
...rebellion. This writer is fascinated by people simply making the best of their fates. So there are no chases through woods, no baying bloodhounds. Instead, the book takes on a cool, anthropological tone, inviting the reader to study these unusual creatures as if they were specimens in a jar - which makes it all the more of a jolt when you actually start to care about them. As with all Ishiguro's books, the main characters - a group of friends, led by Kathy H. and Tommy D. - remain outwardly calm, accepting their fates. Even when contemplating the grim end that being...
...American flag on the tip jar screams patriotism. Ain’t no terrorists in this house of pizza! Can’t say the same about the jihadists up at Noch?...
...Just know that it’s going to be hot. If we let all the goodies out of the jar now, what fun will it be later?” said Franklin...