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...message makes complete sense. The point of the column was to mock its readers,” said Sugi V. Ganeshanathan ’02. “He explained it to me once when no one else was around. I should have tape recorded our conversation. The clues are in the progression of the column over the past two years—the way it’s grown from 500 words to 1500 words per week, the way he talks more about himself and his family than he does about pop culture, the way that everything...
...insurance giant CNA Financial Corp. But to persuade penta-millionaires to buy, ResidenSea assembled a cadre of credible associates, including its blue-chip investor Silversea Cruises, which will manage maritime and hotel operations. ResidenSea also marketed through sophisticated make-believe. Inside a factory near Vienna, the company built condo mock-ups so inviting that some residents bought art and rare books right from the displays. A promotional book brims with fantasy letters: "Venice, Aug. 18. Dear Melinda, What amazing sights I have seen...
...work in the Navy was frenetically competitive. Waddle had always seen himself as destined to fight a war and told his men as much. In October 1999, in his first major sortie after taking command of the Greeneville, he took to sea off San Diego to fight a mock battle against the John C. Stennis carrier group. "They were one to two miles away, coming toward us at 18 knots--and we went up to periscope depth. I was taking my guys into the most dangerous peacetime situation. Any one of those ships could have ripped us apart. I told...
...point you find yourself languishing in front of your computer with some time to kill, take the opportunity to browse www.center-of-the-world.com—this is, if you’re 18 or older. Under the guise of a mock porn page, the website is actually the official site for Wayne Wang’s new film, The Center of the World. The name is a reference to the womb-like state of computer addicts hiding from the real world behind the internet...
...plot. Matapari’s voice can go from the ingenuously naïve to the foolishly simplistic, occasionally succumbing to predictable sermons on the merits of democracy and education. Uncle Boula Boula eventually finds himself on the wrong side of the political carousel and is imprisoned after a mock court case. After leading a revolt for democracy, Matapari’s father is also thrown in jail. During a rally to free his father, Matapari asks, “Why were men making other men suffer? These people who only wanted to express themselves and who were merely asking...