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...this collaboration is a symbol of an even larger phenomenon. For decades, if not centuries, democratization has been a pillar of the Western ideal of progress. Whereas political democratization took world wars and falling empires to evolve, media democratization is quickly becoming a tangible reality through publicly accessible content over the Internet. Web 2.0 is ever furthering its reach...
...then again the 45-year-old with an unassuming but frenetic demeanor hasn't created your typical Paris eatery. On an unusually warm April morning across the street from the Louvre, in a former tea salon in a building built in the mid-19th century, he is inspecting progress on the construction of what will be the newest location of his namesake fast-food restaurant. Five or six weeks from now, the team of workers sanding and drilling will give way to crowds of customers ready to sample the fresh foods served quickly, with a focus on nutrition...
...height of the civil rights movement, Jackie Robinson published a compilation of interviews with major league players and managers about the state of integration of the game. Robinson concluded that baseball had achieved considerable progress. Less than two decades after Robinson became the first black player in the major leagues, African Americans made up close to 20% of professional baseball players. The name of Robinson's book was Baseball Has Done...
...announcement that will hopefully improve our athletics.” “You have the opportunity once every 10 or 15 years to make the right hiring choice,” Scalise said. “Just know that we’re trying to make some progress and do the right thing.” During the discussion, Scalise was criticized by S. Allen Counter, the director of the Harvard Foundation. Counter said he had been contacted by the Boston Globe for an article about the lack of diversity among Harvard’s coaches, but declined...
...Where Brady went, we went,” Harvard coach Chris Ridolfi said. “When he had good matches, we generally won, and if he had a slow day, we struggled. We’re hoping that he can progress and continue moving forward and carry us again next year...