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Other young Denver delegates will also be busy keeping their networks linked in. Jason Rae, 21, of Rice Lake, Wis.--the party's youngest superdelegate, a co-chairman of the DNC Youth Council and a political-science student at Marquette University--says he has promised to call friends from the floor to "keep them in the process." It's the young wonk's version of holding up a cell phone at a rock concert so a far-away fan can listen...
...stand-up comics who had spent years giving away their jokes for free at Mitzi Shore's Comedy Store, the Norma Rae moment came late one night at Canter's Deli. A few of the Store regulars were lingering in a booth when Jay Leno walked in and cried, "What is this bullshit...
...average grandparent. It sort of understands what's going on in music, but it is easily confused, and this year's 50th annual Grammy nominations, announced this morning, prove it. Herbie Hancock and Vince Gill for album of the year? A record of the year nod for Corrine Bailey Rae's Like a Star, which isn't just aggressively dull, but was first released in 2005? A best new artist nomination for veteran singer Leslie Feist? As pop cultural statements go, these are the equivalent of "Who stole my glasses...
...globalization of English is less a manifestation of the squashing of foreign mores than a reflection of today’s reality: a mingling of cultures. The RAE worries about English’s infiltration into Spain, but English, too, is increasingly peppered with foreign—particularly, Spanish—words. (I used “Adios!” long before I enrolled in a Spanish class.) According to the 2000 census, over 46 million people living in U.S. speak a language other than English at home. Like foreigners, Americans feel threatened. American politicians have turned whether...
...RAE., Japanese council, and American Anglophiles, ¡Oye! Chill out. Know what I’m talkin’ about...