Word: segments
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...consumer tastes and interests. "We know who skis, who fly-fishes, who goes to the movies," says chief operating officer William Henderson. Such detailed information can serve as the basis for targeted advertising, as opposed to plain old junk mail. Henderson says this advertising is "the fastest-growing segment of first-class mail." Internet services can play the same game, of course, and have been compiling their own data banks to lure advertisers online...
Unfortunately, each of the other characters represents a segment of society rather than a person, from Winslet's snobbish mother (Frances Fisher) to DiCaprio's earthy Italian friend (Danny Nucci). Only the underutilized Kathy Bates, who provides tremendous fun as the 'Unsinkable' Molly Brown, stands apart from the cardboard cast. No one is worse than Billy Zane as Winslet's insufferable, domineering fiancee. The character is tragically thin, and Zane does less with it than one would think possible...
Faculty diversity, meanwhile, has been deemed a controversial political issue better handled by student groups. Stewart and Cohen plan instead to fight for causes on which they believe they can make more progress. But Faculty diversity is not a political concern supported by a narrow segment of the student body; it is about undergraduate education and the College experience in the most direct sense. And it is an issue about which many of us care deeply. Indeed, in a Crimson survey on race published last week, a vast 72 percent of the student body said the College "needs more" minority...
Other universities that report an equally small segment of undergraduate mothers in their student populations appear to provide even fewer resources than Harvard offers...
...back to the kitchen table. Now "he's family," says Dunn, holding yellow roses sent by Ball after surgery. Extraordinary words in a Charleston heavy with the history she and Ball share. Even more extraordinary are the words Ball spoke to Dunn and her mother Katie Roper on a segment of Oprah never televised. "Words are not enough. But I'm sorry," he said. "I want to ask your forgiveness...