Word: minding
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...Michael Miles, a Business School graduate), the time is right to exert pressure on corporate leadership: either by sending letters to Staples’ corporate headquarters or attending a rally on Boston Common this Sunday. Instead of resigning ourselves to the supposed immovability of institutions, we should keep in mind the individual consciences involved in any organization, and speak to these when we say corporate responsibility means not only an abstract ethical obligation but an abiding duty to seize opportunities to make principled, responsible choices...
...Great Vengeance and Furious Fire,” blending their sexy British sound with one steeped in the rich American heirlooms of blues and funk. With a mixture of gospel-infused vocals, R&B beats, and garage rock sounds, they manage to simultaneously call Sonic Youth and Prince to mind, swaying between being more heavily influenced by one or the other throughout the album. Although the result is not always pure beauty (the low-fi, grating instrumental opening of the track “In the Morning” is a bit headache-inducing), one can’t resist...
...thanks to Burton for their discoveries.When I look at this list, though, something startles me. For a moment, I think about some of my favorite TV shows and films from childhood, like “Full House” and “E.T.” But my mind quickly turns to the ugly realities that emerged as silly catchphrases and smiling baby teeth faded into adolescence and adulthood. The list of successes becomes a list of bloody defeats.First and foremost, take River Phoenix. Discovered by Burton, he was a child star in the mid-80s?...
...topics or language will come up, but competitors are warned that offensive subject matter such as sexual violence will be grounds for disqualification. Competitors are judged on their effective employment of language and wit, because, Shaket says, the goal is to “defeat them with your mind.” By scheduling the event during April visiting weekend, the organizers of “Outwit” hope to show prospective students a different side of Harvard. “We study a lot, but we also have lives and we do things like freestyle...
...oddly time-sucking in a way other entertainments aren’t; no one’s ever looked up suddenly to find they’ve wasted eight hours in a George Eliot novel or an Ingmar Bergman marathon. But with all of these considerations in mind, television is still an art form, a medium. No one stops going to see movies just because some films aren’t as good as “The Godfather,” yet plenty of the smartest, most art-loving people I know never watch a minute of television...