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...exist as a new institution which plays by the rules of capitalism? Rather than draw rhetorical lines in the sand, much of all the "rap sessions" highlighted agency in the industry. yet, in a capitalist system, agency really rests on consumers--music won't sell that the masses won't purchase. To consider this one aspect of an amplification of audience is to consider how the musical genre may be subject to a dilution of substance through absorption by this very capitalist culture...
There is nothing mysterious about Wetherell's business model: find promising Internet company, buy stake, fund growth, provide guidance, sell company; or take it public and pocket billions. (It's one that is also widely implemented on Sand Hill Road in Menlo Park, Calif.--the Main Street of venture capitalism.) But what has set Wetherell and CMGI apart has been his phenomenal success. His early investments in Lycos, Booklink, GeoCities, Critical Path and a slew of other Internet companies have established Wetherell as an uncanny picker of soon-to-be-ripe Internet fruit...
...SAND PEOPLE Episode IV --Indigenous race on Tatooine, nomadic and violent; attacks Luke...
...oceanside town of Margate, N.J., children recycled Christmas trees as a means to stave off beach erosion. They planted castoff trees in a trench along the beach, which trapped wind-blown sand and anchored a new sand dune. "The trees were heavy, and some were bigger than me!" recalls fourth-grader Jim Abbott. When fierce nor'easters rushed across the beach, the dune built by kids and bolstered by balsam firs held up, while nearby dunes washed away...
...night thinking what would happen to his rows of Docksiders in the closet. He has a system. Fancy clean Docksiders for dinner parties, medium-flavored Docksiders for walking around the island, and dirty, hole-filled Docksiders with floppy soles and a distinct smell of dead crabs for the muddy sand in our backyard. My mother is always trying to throw them out, but they magically reappear every time to stink up the closet...