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...long ago, writer Ralph Ellison openly lamented what he called the invisibility of black people, a peculiar condition where we are not acknowledged by the larger society—not because we do not exist, but because others simply refuse to acknowledge us. Turn on the television now, however, and the average viewer is likely to be bombarded with images of wealthy and famous blacks. Likewise, colleges and corporations now contain sizeable populations of blacks who are heavily recruited and enjoy unprecedented support in the development and maintenance of cultural organizations. Nevertheless, while larger society is increasingly exposed...
...victory, magnanimity." But his lopsided victory in the Kelly affair looks like it may become a staple of public discourse. Dyke warmed to his role as the popular boss victimized by Hutton, complaining that the government had gotten to pick its own referee and that the report was legally peculiar. He promised a detailed rebuttal. Campbell is now a private citizen - he left Downing Street last fall as he realized his high-profile campaign to slam the BBC over Gilligan had drained his effectiveness. Last week he could not stay off the airwaves or resist trumpeting his sense of vindication...
...books make you want to read them at least twice, but this one has enough going on to merit the effort. The only criticism would be of its unleavened tone. Without a sense of humor some of the more experimental aspects of the book come off as pretentious. The peculiar way the book has been presented as the introduction to an apparently fanciful series, for example, seems unnecessarily confusing. In the end, though, we appreciate artists who stretch...
...every show, the weary Boohbahs climb into their spaceship, bed down in snuggly, podlike bunks and close their eyes. Wood compares the process to the way children learn that cell phones or electric toys have to go into a recharger. Peculiar--but it makes a certain uncanny, ineffable child sense, like that laughing baby sun in Teletubbies. "There's always one or two people--they're in the minority--who don't like the baby sun," Wood sighs. "And they'll say to me, I hate that baby! And you say, Oh dear, how sad that is. But that...
Conflict is endemic in a relationship, Gottman says, but adds--with peculiar precision--that "only 31% of conflicts get resolved over the course of a marriage. The other 69% are perpetual, unsolvable problems." His insight: don't bother trying to fix the unfixable. Spend your energy on selecting a mate with whom you can manage those inevitable annoyances, then learn how to manage them. To admit some problems can't be solved is the first step toward finding a larger solution. Says Gottman: "We try to build up the couple's friendship, their ability to repair conflict and to deal...