Word: scheme
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Says Bloomingdale's fashion director Kalman Ruttenstein, who dreamed up the scheme: "You put these hot trends together." But Gluck-Frankel disagrees. "You don't put anything together or try to match things. That's the downtown feel." Oddly, they are both right. Sighs Ruttenstein: "No one young wears head-to-toe anything anymore...
...what if we were able to ensure that everyone had an equal shot at financing political campaigns? Several constitutional theorists have suggested that such a scheme would be the apex of campaign finance reform. For instance, in his "Equal Dollars Per Voter," Edward Foley argues that all private funding should be eliminated from campaigns, allowing each voter to allocate an equal proportion of a pool of public financing to favored candidates...
Given the chicanery of many campaign contributors, a scheme like Foley's is tempting. However, the costs imposed by this regime are high as well. Could the government fairly ensure that no private money is spent? And what if some philanthropist made a good faith effort to inform individuals about the candidates--should her efforts be circumscribed...
...while love in bloom may dazzle audiences, in the music business it can incite suspicion and jealousy. Some agents and managers hint darkly that Alagna has used his clout to get plum recording deals for Gheorghiu. Others say Alagna doesn't need to throw his weight around; Gheorghiu can scheme quite nicely on her own. Certainly some intricate maneuvering took place during negotiations for a new recording of Romeo et Juliette, masterminded for RCA by Placido Domingo, who plays the hero. Gheorghiu backed out of a pledge to the project--but guess who she will record the opera with...
...things that are not human. If two computer personalities like the ones being developed, Cog and CYC, were connected and left alone for 24 hours, would they initiate and carry on a meaningful conversation? What would they talk about? Would they need a translator? Are computers able to scheme and then justify their scheming? If computers acquire a brain or a mind, might they develop a psychosis? I shudder to reflect that computer creators will someday develop both good-think and bad-think machines that will go to war, imitating their human creators. ALAN RICHES Halifax, Nova Scotia...