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...with the traditional press. This process is likely to be hindered by the ease with which new media voices can establish and reestablish themselves—long-term authenticity can be more painlessly sacrificed for short-term gains. In the meantime, bloggers should by no means dampen their passion for the issues. Rather, they should be conscious of the claims they make and how well they adhere to them. And we, as a responsible public, should do the same...
...theory of underconsumption and purchasing power must be grounded in the psychology of the people.” (Economics)“Berlioz is the founder of modern orchestration.” (Music)“Shaw’s heroes are men of moral passion.” (English)“Differentiation and integration are fundamental to the dynamic maturation of the human organism.” (Social Relations)To check the operation of a vague generality under fire, take the typical example, “Hume brought empiricism to its logical extreme.” The question...
...duty than love for the project. He drags along the audience (who, if they read the book, have an emotional investment in the story) as if he were a guide who's led this tour for years and is doing it by rote. For them it might be a passion; for him, it's just a job. Hanks, too, seems to sleepwalk through the part; he gives it the fretful stare that spoke tragic volumes in Philadelphia and Saving Private Ryan but just registers as numb here. The villains fare a bit better. Bettany gets some poignance...
...founders, Lamar Hunt and Phil Anschutz, kept it afloat (unlike the women's professional league, which disappeared last year). Hunt, an oilman who also owns the NFL's Kansas City Chiefs, and Anschutz, an oil and technology entrepreneur who owns too many things to count, have had a burning passion for the game that has consumed better than $100 million of their money. Hunt owns three and Anschutz four of MLS's 12 teams. The original idea was to unload all but one each as the franchise values increased. That was 10 years ago. Having unloaded New York, Anschutz...
John Lasseter grew up in Southern California, where driving is people's passion and second career, and a car their church and fortress. So if you ask Lasseter about car love, you get an impromptu prose poem. "Car love," he says, "is the sound of a throaty V-8 rumbling and revving, the acceleration throwing you back in the seat--especially when you get on a beautiful, winding road and the light's dappling through the trees. For me, it's a combination of enjoying the beauty of cars, classic or cool modern ones, and also the actual driving: getting...