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...Harvard name as a plus, noting that “businesses want to deal with more intelligent musicians” as opposed to those who have no real conception as to how the economics of the system works. Zaccagnino says he’s found that, contrary to myth, labels do care about their artists’ long term careers, but just can’t afford bands that don’t bring in the bucks...
...organizer Samuel H. Lipoff ’04 says that while “cuteness is everywhere in Japan,” it has hardly been recognized as a serious subject in academia. Lipoff says that, in the West, there is a great amount of cynicism and myth surrounding Hello Kitty and Japanese cute culture, as evidenced by the debate surrounding Kitty’s lack of mouth. Some believe it’s symbolic of the patriarchal silencing of Asian women, though the Sanrio Corporation explains that it is because Hello Kitty speaks from her heart...
...what they want. As National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice testified last week, the report fails to give specific indications about where, when or exactly how terrorists would attack. And much of the information is "historic," as Rice characterized the document. "The release of this PDB should clear up the myth," declared a senior White House official, "that the President was warned about the attacks of Sept...
...billionaires of the high-tech industry. He did what any egomaniac starved for attention would do and created his own reality TV show that would feature him and only him in all his power and glory. Under the guise of looking for a good assistant, he would advance the myth of The Donald...
...American public has undoubtedly fallen for this myth. His books The Art of the Deal and How To Get Rich fly off the shelves. People watch the show religiously thinking that the mere flickering presence of Donald Trump in their living rooms will endow them with business acumen. Even the contestants on the show tremble at his awe-inspiring presence...