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...billion television industry. When the savvy producer pitched a new crime show called Power to NBC, he made sure to play up its download-ready qualities. In Wolf's words: "I drank the Kool-Aid." As Wolf and other producers sell their wares in the annual TV-industry ritual known as development season, new technologies are changing the way they do business. With high-quality video available on 200 million PCs via broadband, 200 million 3-GB mobile phones, an estimated 4 million iPods and other devices, the Big Four networks (ABC, NBC, CBS and Fox) are scrambling for ways...
...writers’ meeting for Arts, a weekly ritual where our editors and contributors gather to share story ideas. We are discussing this issue with its very promising “Guilty Pleasures” theme...
...keep things equal and I was proud of this—but “Margaret Marian” made me feel a bit like an old lady. I am often asked if I plan on going by Margaret at some point—a coming-of-age ritual, perhaps. Though the concept isn’t completely foreign, as my newspaper byline shows, it seems far too strange to lose my identity. My sister on the other hand, loves using name changes as a piercing/tattooing substitute. In middle school, my sister rebelled, and realizing that she couldn?...
Hillel volunteer Talia Kraemer ’06 said she was elated to see such a large crowd sharing in a ritual that has special significance for her—a common refrain heard among the regular Hillel-goers at the event last night...
When Harvard undergrads travel to obscure locations in Boston wearing bright costumes, it usually means one thing—the ritual of secretive club initiations, which usually take place in the fall. As members of the group the Harvard Story-Time Players (HSTP), however, these students are not attempting to get into their finals club of choice and instead, have a very different aim in mind. Combining both theater and community service, HSTP brings story theater to children in Boston area hospitals. The mission statement of HSTP is to “strive to bring joy to children residing...