Word: media
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...flattered. The Bradley network is full of the high-profile people he has stroked and courted for decades: billionaire moneyman Herb Allen, media moguls Barry Diller and Michael Eisner, film director Sydney Pollack, Barnes & Noble chairman Len Riggio. They build support and raise money for Bradley, and in return he makes them feel good about themselves. Says Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz: "I just feel better for knowing him." Bradley likes to say, "This is not just a campaign, but something more"--a high-minded mission. That sounds trite, until you see it in action...
...branch of the hospitality industry. "People expected to see go-go dancers in the lobby," cracks Schrager, who is married with two young daughters. Yet Morgans was a quiet refuge from the city's hustle and bustle that quickly attracted a following from the high-profile worlds of fashion, media and music. "Ian sees value before anyone else in the industry, including me," notes Schrager's friend Peter Morton, co-founder of the Hard Rock Cafe...
...apparent reason, the media have become very excited about For Common Things, a book by a Yale law student named Jedediah Purdy. No one else is reading it, but in my earnest effort to join the media elite and thus get a promotion, I too want to write about this book...
...fittest," Darwin did not necessarily mean the strong. He meant the organism that leaves the most progeny [PALEONTOLOGY, Aug. 23]. For example, in our fast-frame media presentation of information, we are already selecting individuals who are better at clicking mouses. In a brave new world, only geeks with fast fingers will get to work at Microsoft and make mucho bucks and be millionaires, so they can impress Puget Sound bambinas, mate and have geeky bambinos with faster and longer fingers. Where have all the strong men gone? Long time passing... GEORGE CONESA Bellingham, Wash...
...called Purdy's publicist and asked if I could speak to him. Fifteen minutes later, Purdy called. This made me think that earnestness might be a good thing. Then I realized that you have to jump on any media opportunity when you're trying to sell a book called For Common Things: Irony, Trust, and Commitment in America Today...