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Zinn compared the war on terror to other wars in the past—the Spanish-American War, the Mexican-American War and the Vietnam War—that “purport to be one thing but are really something else.” Instead of being a war on terror, Zinn said the current war is motivated by American political, economic and psychological “expansionism...
...simple sketch pieces, will eventually take the form of a coloring book for elementary school children. Its list of contributing artists, though, reads like a veritable who's who of the contemporary American art scene, including names like Sol Lewit, Jill Anderson, Carl Andre and Lawrence Weiner. The purport of the project, sponsored by Pilot Programs 217, Brooklyn, artkrush.com, and Clifford Smith, is to "introduce young to ideas and images in contemporary art." This, though, only begs the question: Can art, especially contemporary art, whose bent is highly intellectual and who's philosophical underpinnings are still being forged, be taught...
...entirely sure whom the Harvard College Democrats purport to represent these days, but it’s not Democrats, and most certainly not the nation so many of its members aspire to govern...
...arise, the incidents are anything but isolated. "These facilities are chronically understaffed, and the staff is chronically undertrained," says Kary Hyre, long-term-care ombudsman for the State of Washington, whose office gets about 1,250 complaints a year. The HHS study found that 25% of the facilities that purport to offer the highest level of services had only 1 caregiver for every 20 residents on the 3 p.m.-to-11 p.m. shift and just 1 for every 34 residents overnight. "Once the facilities are built, their main expenses are staff and food," says Catherine Hawes, the national study...
...spotlight a product in an idealized, favorable setting. But they raise other questions. Virtual placements could alter past producers' creative work willy-nilly. As for physical placements, producers do disclose their sponsors--but there's disclosure and then there's disclosure. Viewers know commercials are scripted. But reality shows purport to show actual events --how a player felt, how a product performed. What if unscripted events don't follow the advertiser's script? Contestants on Fox's Murder drive Jeeps. If one of them stalls, does Fox cut the scene? "No," says executive producer George Verschoor. "In fact, Jeep encouraged...