Word: savvyness
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With the exception of an off-hand statement that irony is most pronounced among "media-savvy young people" who are well-educated at expensive schools, very little of the book is about Harvard. Rather, Purdy's project is much broader. The jadedly independent ironist, he argues, resists the urge to...
But don't be too dazzled by technology. "Patients get excited by the high-tech gadgets, and many physicians exploit them because they have to pay for expensive machines," says Dr. Leslie Baumann, director of cosmetic dermatology at the University of Miami. A walking advertisement for cosmetic procedures herself at...
These impediments, however, are counterbalanced by innovations in travel, telecommunications, social understanding, health and life expectancy. Savvy parents and grandparents are harnessing these to strengthen intergenerational ties. "We have to reinvent ourselves as we go along, but we have more time to get it right," says Lillian Carson, a psychotherapist...
WHAT TO LOOK FOR: The very savvy script packed with unique characters. The characters in Uncommon Women and Others range from the preppy chick trying to snag a Harvard man to the firebrand who wants to taste her own menstrual blood. And who can pass up a well-written portrayal...
Ah, yes. Recruiting. The ultimate plan "C" for any senior who couldn't bring themselves to prepare for the LSAT games section, who neglected to stab at their typewriters preparing graduate school applications, who has enough business savvy and diligence to enter data into spreadsheets for hours upon end and...