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...sunset long ago. But cooking programs, which began on the radio and transitioned to television in the 1940's, have stood the test of time: as author Kathleen Collins explains, the genre's managed to stay current and appeal to audiences from generation to generation by holding up a mirror to our own domesticated lives. Collins explores the history of TV cooking from its beginnings as a way to promote rationing-friendly recipes during World War II to its current renaissance with reality-show hybrids like Top Chef. The genre, she writes, has enjoyed a "triumphant fate" - thanks...
They were great! They love when you make fun of them. They haven't heard jokes about their own culture, no one's held a mirror up to them. Like about how much they smoke cigarettes, or talk in the movie theater. They go, "Yes, you're right...
...many people, the manner in which they present themselves on Facebook has come to mirror how they see themselves in real life. Photos broadcast the fun they're having, status updates say what's on their mind and a change in relationship status announces their availability, commitment or something in between...
...these mini-declarations, relationship status is the only one that directly involves another person. That puts two people in the social-networking mirror, and that, to borrow a Facebook phrase, can make things complicated. (Read "How Not to Be Hated on Facebook...
...have "taken significant write-downs, they have reserves and there are substantial earning capacities." But Roubini is not alone in questioning whether the government used appropriately pessimistic assumptions in conducting the stress tests, especially as the financial sector faces a potential flood of commercial real estate losses that could mirror the residential market's recent woes...