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...much attention on U.S. athletes instead of recognizing the top individuals in each contest is rather narrow-minded. I find it only fitting that some of the prominent U.S. competitors underperformed. I would have preferred a little less cheering for your home team. Riku Reimaa Espoo, Finland Cinematic Mirror I have to disagree with your critic's assessment of the movie Crash - that "people either like the movie or loathe it" because "it is too wide-ranging to really draw you into the lives it recounts" [Feb. 27]. People loathe it because they are forced to recognize their own flaws...
...jargon, the term microinequities puts a name on all the indirect offenses that can demoralize a talented employee. Equipped with this handy label, scores of companies, including IBM and Wells Fargo, are starting to hold training seminars that don't so much teach office etiquette as hold up a mirror showing how such minor, often nonverbal unpleasantries affect everyone...
...writers. Enter CampusTap.TAP THAT CAMPUSWith a home page that looks swiped from a Harvard marketing brochure (two pictures of Harvard football!) and the motto “This is your campus,” CampusTap aims to create an online community that “is a virtual mirror of your physical campus,” according to the site’s mission statement. The interface networks multiple blogs by name and keyword tags, and the “Blogcrastinate” button simply “takes you to a random-ass blog,” says Harry...
...Oscar night last week, though, the looking glass was not a crystal ball but a rearview mirror. Hollywood's gentry celebrated the past--the misty history of cinema, evoked with montages of ancient genres and deceased artistes. From the films honored, you would hardly have noticed that under the academy members' smartly shod feet, a seismic shift was taking place...
...Cinematic Mirror...