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...window on his own block. Today he had scribbled out his theory that because watches in every pocket and clocks in every factory and railroad station had stimulated in people an acute awareness of time passing, that itchy new awareness had in turn stimulated the popular impatience with the status quo, and the new demands for still speedier progress...
...Alvelda, 42, says talent flocks to the company, where the average age is 34, lured by the prospect of working the leading edge--and a big payday when the company goes public or gets bought out. Employee numbers, known by everyone, are status symbols to show who got in early. Alvelda is No. 1. And as he searches for new "superstars" to add to his team, MobiTV surges ahead of revenue projections and subscriber count, chasing the world's 2.2 billion mobile users--starting with the 221 million wireless users in the U.S., where 2.3% (5.1 million) subscribe to mobile...
...ethnic-minority first-time voters. But it's far from certain how they plan to vote. Some experts feel they'll back the left on promises of programs of suburban renewal, but others suspect they will confound conventional wisdom by backing the politician who mirrors their own outsider status in the French political mainstream...
Conspicuous consumption is nothing new to America; consumers have long sought status in material things. But companies like Starbucks are doing something different. It has adopted the persona of a “lifestyle brand,” a term marketing gurus coined to describe brands that embody a group’s aspirations. This trend has been replicated across corporate America with great success. Every company offers aspirations incarnate...
...before you all declare your post-homophobia status and start calling all of your gay and lesbian friends faggots and dykes, consider this. Last year I knew an extremely irritating girl who had a habit of praising my comic delivery by deliriously cackling, “I love you; you’re so gay!” It was clear that this person saw me primarily as a clownish little faggot, instead of as Ben, and that she stupidly fancied herself a forward-thinking person because she could like me not just despite, but for my lovable gayness. Similarly...