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...there is a flip side to my argument that dressing unconventionally is the way to go. A person (usually of the teenage persuasion) might dress as outlandish as possible, but only to get attention. That may be amusing for a while. Rebelling against conformity is extremely important, especially in our heavily advertising-oriented consumer society. But there comes a point where rebelling just to rebel against conformity becomes, ironically, enough conformist in and of itself...
...REBEL WITH A CONGRESS More fun episodes in the Ventura administration. DAY 37: Ventura sends a lunch invitation to the Rolling Stones, due to appear in Minneapolis on the 15th. He later expresses particular admiration for the endurance of famed partyer Keith Richards: "It's remarkable that...
...they retired. Indeed, Willy Loman could not work for his company's competitors or a different industry. He had to sell item Y for company X or die trying. Thus, as we, graduating seniors, exploit the investment banks and the consulting firms in the name of career opportunities, we rebel against the old, more static career models. Our job market is one of tremendous horizontal and vertical mobility; to stay too long at one place just does not make good economic sense...
...just as the corporations encourage us to rebel against old models of soft-drink consumption or blue jeans wearing, they are the ones who encourage us to rebel against the old style of employment. The McKinsey recruiters at the Office of Career Services will be the first ones to tell you just how many of last year's consultants made the B-School cut. Just as much as we might exploit them for their opportunities, resources and salaries, they will undoubtedly return the favor...
...supported Turkey's efforts to extradite the fugitive and charge him with terrorism -- and Turkey's growing unhappiness about being used as a base for operations against Iraq would give Washington an incentive to help out. While White House spokesman Joe Lockhart on Tuesday welcomed news of the Kurd rebel's capture, he denied the U.S. had any "direct involvement in Ocalan's handover to Turkey...