Word: mainstreaming
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Something else is going on as well. Ballet, like other spheres of modern life, is going through a process of globalization. Technology is making ballet performances, training and traditions accessible to people everywhere. But the very factors that have enabled the Latins to move decisively into the mainstream are also setting the stage for their possible eclipse. Keep your eye on the Far East. The A.B.T.'s McKenzie notes that the dance world is already seeing the rise of gifted performers from all over Asia. "It hasn't hit critical mass yet," he says, "but it will." Someday, perhaps, Chinese...
...undiplomatic way he conducted himself as president, but he's hardly alone in his view. His temporary successor, former Harvard president Derek Bok, is about as different from Summers as it is possible to get. He's one of the world's least gaffe-prone people and a staunchly mainstream liberal, where Summers is liberal in a way that makes the conservatives on the faculty swoon. But Bok seems equally gloomy about the state of Harvard and universities in general...
...pointed out before in an editorial response, the difference between Wikipedia errors and errors in the mainstream press is their relative ease in correction. As Bruce Schneider said, the interesting thing about systems isn’t how they perform when they’re working, but how they perform when they fail. When newspapers fail, they perform very badly. When Wikipedia fails, it fails pretty well...
...hear all about Rosa Parks when we learn about black history. I’ll even give you Harriet Tubman—enough of us learned about her in elementary school that I can concede that she too offers a valid example of the presence of black women in mainstream black history. But Parks and Tubman are merely exceptions to the rule. Apart from these two, can anyone honestly say that we hear about black women who have contributed in one way or another to the history of black people in America? Just to drive home the seriousness...
...held a protest on the main quadrangle of the University of Illinois. In an editorial accompanying the cartoons, Gorton acknowledged that the cartoons were “bigoted and insensitive to the Islamic faith,” but stood by their publication. “I addressed something that mainstream media was afraid to address,” Gorton said. “But I firmly believe in covering sensitive material.” Chairman of The Council of Islamic Organizations of Greater Chicago Abdul Malik Mujahid, which represents 55 mosques and over 400,000 Muslims, called the cartoons offensive...