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...ways. A brochure which Cisco handed out at a 2002 trade conference in China advertises particular products as ideal for such uses as “police routine community surveillance” and “preventative control and increse [sic] social stability.” Should we be okay with this sort of marketing? One wonders whether regulating, taxing, or otherwise using the force of government to impede Cisco’s participation in these schemes would have any impact on the ultimate outcome—Cisco might just move its operations to a different country, or China might...
...bench. She wants to take the draw. The puck is dropped, and Raimondi wins it cleanly. The final seconds tick off the clock, and the Crimson seal an important early-season conference win. “I had the confidence going in to say, ‘Okay, I want that puck to be dropped to me,’” Raimondi said. “That’s why we’re here. Those are the spots we want to be in—five seconds left, I want to be taking that draw...
...Airs asked them to set their phones to vibrate, put them between their legs, and call each other. Despite the fun, Airs said that there was a very serious purpose to the seminar. “I’m trying to get across that it’s okay, whatever ‘it’ is for them,” Airs said. “Masturbation is okay, orgasming is okay...using sex toys is okay. That’s pretty much it, just giving people permission.” Brown said she found...
...sheer affluence involved; a main source of conflict is whether Spritz will get a job that boosts his income from $200,000 to over $1 million. With this as background, there’s little at stake; at the end of the day, everyone is going to do okay, and if not, they’ll probably work it out in therapy...
...rude or disrespectful the way it is usually viewed outside of Harvard’s walls. It becomes accepted as commonplace, institutionalized. People show up late to everything, not only lecture—club meetings, birthday parties, dinners with friends—but it’s okay, because everyone does it. We Harvard kids are up for a rude awakening our first day on the job, away from the Harvard Bubble and its Harvard Clock. It is not just the students, though—professors have also worked tardiness into their mindset. Knowing that people will, at the earliest...