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...lack of complexity. She is particularly wary of joining in muchpublicized "celebrations" of diversity such as Benetton advertisements, which invariably feature models of every skin hue placed in startling juxtaposition. To hooks, these representations are not sign of true racial understanding, but simply a commodification of difference: "ethnicity becomes spice, seasoning that can liven up the dull dish that is mainstream white culture...
...readers who want just a little spice added to the Oswald-did-it scenario, there is Bonar Menninger's Mortal Error (St. Martin's Press; 361 pages; $23.95). According to Howard Donahue, a Baltimore ballistics expert, Kennedy was killed by a Secret Service agent in the presidential motorcade who accidentally discharged his AR-15 rifle. But Donahue says that Kennedy probably would have died anyway from the neck wound inflicted by Oswald. Among those unconvinced by this scenario is Menninger's publisher, who added a 17- page disclaimer to the book...
These ideas are a far cry from a full-fledged program for curing what ails America. But Perot would add spice to the political debate. "If voters don't have a stomach for me," he says, "they can get one of those blow-dried guys...
...opportunity, Tsongas reinforces his image as Mr. Candor: "I have only one horse to ride -- truth. If I give that up, I'm just a Greek from Massachusetts who has had cancer." This tactic extends to volunteering the fact that he required the assistance of a media coach to spice up his oatmeal style. In the past month his performance has risen from dreadful to mediocre, but his TV spots still use an announcer's voice rather than his drone...
...little whimsy can be worth a thousand points of B-school jargon. In Zapp! The Lightning of Empowerment (Harmony Books; 200 pages; $17.95), consultant William Byham uses knights, dragons and a machine that hurls people into the 12th dimension to spice his lively treatise on energizing workers. The point of the fable is to show how sharing power with workers can revitalize an entire company...