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Complexity is the mode of the second author, Theodore Roosevelt Malloch, whose book Thrift: Rebirth of a Forgotten Virtue may be tough sledding for the non-Ph.D. reader. Malloch, who has held positions at the U.N., the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations and the State Department, writes with passion in an ambitiously academic style. He examines the history of the concept of thrift--the root of the word is an Old Norse verb meaning "to thrive"--citing the contributions of the Scots and Calvinists. Malloch, like Farrell, considers frugality a moral imperative as well as an economic necessity. "Thrift...
Joseph P. Kalt, who worked with Allred on negotiations between a Native American tribe in Idaho and the local government. After leaving Harvard in 2003, Allred brought his work back to Idaho through the formation of a non-partisan citizen’s group...
There's no date stamp on when the term Guido came into play, but Tricarico theorizes that it very well may have originated as an insult from within the Italian-American community, confering inferior status on immigrants who are "just off the boat." It clearly references non-assimilation in its use of a name more at home in the old homeland. In fact, in different locales, the same slur isn't Guido: in Chicago the term is "Mario" and in Toronto it goes by "Gino." Guido is far less offensive, among Italian-Americans, than another G word, which is also...
...Would I be a little naïve if I thought they only came for the conversation?” says Dean Dingman, who offered Pinocchio’s, chocolate-covered strawberries, and other non-Annenberg treats...
...writing a list of New Year’s resolutions. Maybe they include (but are not limited to) the following: 1. Sleeping in your own bed at least five nights in a row; 2. Sleeping in a bed; 3. Sleeping. Maybe you quench your Christmas thirst with a non-alcoholic drink at Crema Café with a Mexican hot cocoa, like Felipe’s Hot Chocolate. (Editor’s Note: Maybe this is our New Year’s resolution list...