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...Traditionally, a television's show success hinges on reaching a particular market on a particular night. But HSM's success has been built less from high viewer ratings than generating buzz - and buying - connected to the show. "HSM showed a [show's success] doesn't just happen on one night," says Ross. "You weave it together, forming a partnership between programming and marketing. You go different places to reach different people." The franchise had good timing; HSM's appearance coincided with the rise of a global middle class that's equipped to absorb it. When it first came...
...What exactly are staph infections? Staph is bacteria carried on the skin, which can enter the body through a cut or during a medical procedure, causing the infection. Most are minor, but certain strains are particularly resistant to anti-biotics and can cause athletes to miss significant playing time. Athletes are more likely to suffer cuts, and the locker room setting bunches players close to one another in a warm, damp environment, so they are especially susceptible to spreading the bacteria. Since football teams carry some 55 players on their rosters, and tend to have a higher degree of serious...
...Paul J. McLoughlin II said that although the complaints of HRL were “a part of the impetus” for sending out the letter to the College, the administration’s push for free speech on campus should not be interpreted as support for one particular group’s publicity campaign...
...made even more impressive by the fact that he successfully depicts him over a span of 40 years. Playing the current president is undoubtedly intimidating, but Brolin makes a complex character out of a seemingly less-than-complicated man. Unfortunately, the rest of the cast falls into caricature. In particular, Thandie Newton’s Condoleezza Rice seems like an amateur “Saturday Night Live” impersonation...
...This particular perspective on the art is especially evident in his third section: one long poem entitled “Autobiography of My Alter Ego.” “Autobiography” tells the story of a man, not unlike Komunyakaa, who has spent time in Vietnam. Unlike Komunyakaa, however, he never moved beyond working at his father’s bar, and the whole poem resembles the unfocused rant of a slightly destabilized veteran. Here, the urgency that was muted throughout the other sections becomes more apparent. Komunyakaa’s alter ego is angry and full...