Word: phenomenonã
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...father, push their kids to unbearable limits for success, manipulating their children’s lives and then trying to share the spotlight.With post-childhood disasters like Lindsay Lohan and Britney Spears dominating the celebrity news, it’s unlikely that the “child star phenomenon?? will become a thing of the past. In the meantime, let’s hold our breath for Dakota Fanning, Miley Cyrus, and Abigail Breslin. Way before ever becoming an agent, Iris Burton got her start as a dancer on Broadway and then in Hollywood. One of her only...
...cause of tackling global warming. “You have to create a burning platform and the sense that we are going to sink,” Gergen said. Turning toward the coming presidential election, the panel took on issues ranging from the “Mike Huckabee phenomenon??—the presidential hopeful’s surprising success in Iowa—to the role of religion in the vote. As the forum wound down, IOP Director James A. Leach paid tribute to outgoing IOP Forum Director Bill H. White. Sitting alongside his wife...
Summers reminded his audience that rapid economic growth is a relatively new phenomenon??living standards in England two centuries ago were little higher those in ancient Greece...
...down in Spanish class this week and my teacher passed around the room a newspaper clipping about “Spanglish.” The article discussed not the Adam Sandler movie, but rather the phenomenon??or, as some would say, “problem”—of English’s pervasiveness in Spain. It’s true, English phrases are ubiquitous here. When young people here mean “blue jeans,” they say “blujin” instead of “pantalones azules...
Don’t think that it’s a Harvard phenomenon??it’s not. High schools, colleges, and offices around the world are filled with people dying for 30-hour days. If only everyone had more time! It’s a phenomenon that seems to cross class and cultural lines. It’s not just college-educated investment bankers that run themselves ragged; even the cashier at the local grocery store likely has a heavily scheduled life...