Word: moralizations
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...perfume. Within months, Mittal had won out. A century earlier, when Tata founder Jamsetji Tata suggested making steel for the colonial railway system, a British administrator dismissed the idea with barely concealed contempt. Earlier this year, Tata paid almost $14 billion to buy Corus, British Steel's successor. The moral of that story is not lost on India's corporate captains. They say that Western companies had better get used to the idea of Indians taking over...
...Nanny.” The books follow the woes of Amelia, maid for the wealthy Rogers family, who always interprets her employers’ instructions far too literally and risks her job in the ensuing chaos. Luckily, Amelia’s superb cooking skills somehow always save the day. Moral of the story: when your professional skills fail, ladies, get your apron-wearing self back to the kitchen, where you belong. 4. Robert Kraus and Jose Aruego, “Leo the Late Bloomer”: Although not a series, this one still counts because it’s just...
...Africa, laudably attempts to move beyond her nation’s past to explore the complexities of transnational racial identities. But though some of the stories gathered in this collection achieve that goal, they appear between unrelated displays of literary pyrotechnics that fail to convey the same degree of moral seriousness, preventing the work from cohering into a satisfying whole.In the title story, Gordimer presents a plot so sparse and a narrative voice so fractured as to seem like a burlesque of the psychological depth that has characterized her writing. Of the protagonist, one “Frederick Morris...
...expected, both men end up better after their journey—serves as the primary weakness of the film. Nevertheless, the fun he provides along the way compensates for the lack of originality. Whether a fan of Nicholson’s eyebrow raising and age-inappropriate womanizing, or the moral weight that Freeman effortlessly lends to the screen, “The Bucket List” delivers. Between a priceless sing-a-long to “The Lion Sleeps Tonight” and the testosterone-fueled drag race between Cole and Chambers, Nicholson and Freeman appear to be enjoying...
...Despite the moral support they lend to those pushing the U.S. to accept stronger action, Gore, Kerry and the rest of the shadow U.S. delegation are ultimately powerless to affect the outcome at Bali - the fate of the negotiations remains in the hands of President Bush and his negotiators. Toward the end of his speech Gore, with his customary taste for the eccentric analogy, invoked the hockey player Bobby Hull, who Gore said was skilled because he sent the puck, not where his teammates were, but where they would be. "You have to look to where we're going...