Word: pathe
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There are three main paths in the U.S. today: Talent, Lifer and Mandarin. It's possible to think of American politics as an epic power struggle among the three paths; in this year's presidential campaign, Buchanan is the Talent path's candidate, Dole is the Lifer path's, and Clinton is the Mandarin path...
Talent is the oldest, the classic American path, made up of people who simply go out and engage in a self-initiated activity, hoping it will bring them money, status or acclaim. The yeoman farmers and skilled artisans of the colonial period are examples. Today people who start businesses are Talents. So are performers. The key to the Talent path is that it's unstructured. No formal credential, no passing through a rigidly defined series of stations of the cross, is required. Talent is the riskiest of the three paths but also the most rewarding. Most of the familiar, celebrated...
...against the Clintons led by Newt Gingrich was all about the dislike, even hatred, that Talents and Lifers feel for Mandarins. Gingrich and some of his key lieutenants are failed Mandarins--recall that as a historian, Gingrich was denied tenure at a third-rank college--ho despise the Mandarin path for its air of self-satisfaction and for having been so blind to the abilities of Gingrich & Co. when young. When Gingrich rails against the corrupt "elite," he's talking about the Mandarins--and hitting a nerve. Mandarin resentment has enabled the Republican Party, whose home has always been...
...latest meeting of the council is a grab bag of potential projects, some which continue along the hard-tread path to relevance, and others which threaten to derail the council's highly promising new term. First, Tufts-envy has struck the council once again. In passing a resolution--by a margin of more than 3-to-1--to spend a ridiculous $15,000 on a concert, the council's eyes seem to be glazed over and star-struck by the possibility of hosting the rock band A Tribe Called Quest. (I've never heard of them.) Doesn't the council...
...concerned about the effects of corporate downsizing, the reports of oversupply to the medical and legal professions and the difficulty of securing academic positions in many disciplines," he wrote. "While few doubt the value of their liberal education, they recognize that it is harder to predict a stable career path, even following years of professional and graduate training...