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Since his early days as an Illinois state senator, Obama’s political messages have been broadly directed at all racial and ethnic groups. He has consistently promoted the idea that whites, blacks, Latinos, Asians, and Native Americans can unite in pursuit of common goals. He maintains that if political speeches are tailored solely to white audiences, people of color will draw back, just as whites often recoil when speeches are targeted to racial minority audiences...
...mission, and the continuing monitoring of progress. In my studies, I have been impressed by those leaders—ranging from Martin Luther King Jr. to Margaret Thatcher—who create a powerful story about their organization, engage members through that evocative vision, help members find meaning in pursuit of its achievement, and guide the realization of that master narrative. The most effective leaders personally embody these narratives. In the current lingo, they “walk the talk...
...various ecosystems. Wilson includes a compelling array of facts, but the true significance of these facts—and, indeed, the true worth of his book—lies in his anecdotal digressions. He recounts, with infectious enthusiasm, his decades-long investigation of the tropical fire ant, a pursuit that took him from the depths of Spanish colonial history to the expansive uplands of the modern Dominican Republic. Wilson island hops in the South Pacific, ferries out from the Florida Keys toward the Gulf of Mexico, and celebrates the remarkable recovery of the Mauritian kestrel. There is a subtle method...
...youngest to ever have received five nominations. Best Actor: Leonardo DiCaprio, “Blood Diamond”; Ryan Gosling, “Half Nelson”; Peter O’Toole, “Venus”; Will Smith, “The Pursuit of Happyness”; Forest Whitaker, “The Last King of Scotland”While big stars like Will and Leo will draw plenty of red carpet attention, the real race lies between two performances in much smaller films. O’Toole, who received a lifetime-achievement Oscar but has never...
...messages, existing to tell their audience what is wrong with them and how to fix it. However, the rise of the self-help trade has infected other genres of books.Inspiration-fused memoirs such as “Tuesdays with Morrie” or more recently “The Pursuit of Happyness” may not live in the advice section of the bookstore, but their didactic message and lack of ambiguity are strikingly similar to that “The Six Pillars of Self-Esteem.” It’s undeniable that there’s something...