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...most obvious example being the Harry Potter Card Game. Ironically, Pokémon merchandising is now 50 percent off. Harry Potter has taken over the throne. Certainly looking to become the Pokémon of a couple of seasons ago and the Power Rangers of yesteryear, the Harry Potter phenomenon seems to have employed most of the common merchandising gimmicks...
It’s interesting to note that the Engineer is the only character in the show with depth. Though he is meant to represent a cultural phenomenon, he manages in his unrepentant lustfulness to emerge as truly human and sympathetic. Consequently, in his depth and in his function of occasionally delivering commentary, he doesn’t seem to fit in the show. It is also noteworthy, then, that he is the only character that the show’s authors conjured without relying on the source material. Their achievement with this creation leaves one to ponder how successful...
...market. According to Bill Wright-Swadell, Director of the Office of Career Services, 20 percent of students with e-recruiting offers in the Class of 2001 were deferred from employment for a year last spring, and things bode even worse for the Class of 2002. Gwen pointed to a phenomenon that is currently developing in the banking and consulting industries: companies without room to hire new students will layoff recent graduates to make room for graduating seniors. This trend stems from the intense need many employers feel to retain a relationship with Harvard and to keep their names...
...Harvard. What I miss most about Duke is its profound sense of community, and nothing reminds me more of its absence here than the Harvard-Yale game. Duke basketball was the unifying force behind the close-knit student body, and the Duke-UNC rivalry was the epitome of this phenomenon. When I compare this rivalry to Harvard-Yale, I want to climb into a hole, puke up my guts until Im vomiting bile, and then...
Andrews believes such goings-on are enjoyable for band members and audience tag-alongs alike. At first the girls were impressed, he says. But then they were less impressed. Then, they drank some more beer, and they were more impressed. It was a pretty interesting phenomenon...