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...third characteristic, differential reproductive success, that is the most fascinating in the realm of the meme. The memes of the Quakers and Shakers are slowly evaporating before our eyes as their children are exposed to the competing memes of the modern world—memes of capitalism, gender equality and consumerism. Quakerhood is an endangered meme, a meme that can no longer compete in the marketplace of ideas that has opened in the 20th century...
...group of teams that shares similar philosophies,” said Providence Coach Bob Deraney. “All I can say is that the success the men have had at the national level bodes well that what they’re doing works well in the hockey realm...
This opened a realm that had always been unwelcoming to the public. "It was very much a one-way street," Schmidt says of the flow of information from charity to donor. Concerned citizens had to wait eons for the IRS to supply a copy--or had to pester often unwilling nonprofits to disclose their activities. "Charities would leave off attachments or white out people's salaries," says Daniel Borochoff, president of charity watchdog American Institute of Philanthropy. "They can't get away with that anymore...
...cultural approval they often try to style their characters according to Western fashions and modes. Or ensconce beneath their native kimonos Freudian explanations, Marxist interpretations and existential quests. But since Western publishers are traditionally xenophobic themselves, few Japanese writers manage to negotiate the crossover. The coin of any realm?runaway domestic best sellerdom?is the surest ticket out of Japan. But occasionally literary laurels based on distinctive work over an extended career provide purchase...
Those looking for a discussion of these issues in medicine or economics, where cultural bias sounds more plausible, will be disappointed by Facing Up. Weinberg freely admits that he is a physicist and cannot discuss fields outside his realm of knowledge. We’re going to have to wait for a different treatise to answer that one, but Weinberg manages to give a pretty good, if muddled, one for physics...