Word: phenomenonal
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...flattening of Barack Obama's complex racial background shouldn't have been surprising. Many multiracial historical figures in the U.S. have been reduced (or have reduced themselves) to a single aspect of their racial identities: Booker T. Washington, Tina Turner, and Greg Louganis are three examples. This phenomenon isn't entirely pernicious; it is at least partly rooted in our concern that growing up with a fractured identity is hard on kids. The psychologist J.D. Teicher summarized this view in a 1968 paper: "Although the burden of the Negro child is recognized as a heavy one, that of the Negro...
Whether you think this is a problem depends on whether you agree with Kaplan and Rauh's assessment of the forces behind rising Wall Street pay. If it was all a market phenomenon, it will now correct itself, as the financial sector's employee ranks and paychecks shrink to reflect the smaller pool of assets it has to play with. Overall income inequality is likely to drop sharply as well, Kaplan says...
...would rather control my persona than to put my life or my persona in the hands of others,” he said. The talk, which was recorded by ABC’s Good Morning America as part of a special series on the Twitter phenomenon, revealed an older, more business-minded Burrell than the rapper who was known for a meteoric rise and fall in the music world. Burrell gave the audience an overview of his current business initiatives, which include DanceJam.com, a web community dedicated to publicizing dance videos, and “BurrellTime” iPhone application...
...Lydia Coyle, store manager of Kendall Square’s The Garment District, has taken note of the same phenomenon...
...buying secondhand isn’t really a new phenomenon. For Marlene S. Clauss, owner of the vintage shop Great Eastern Trading Company in Central Square, the customers have been coming in since the late 60’s when the store first opened. Clauss started working there in 1973 when the seventies were not yet a throwback...