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...culminates in Scott’s own hastily constructed seminar, in which workers are given ethnic identities (attached to their foreheads on notecards) and asked to treat each other accordingly. “Stir the melting pot!” Scott yells, before welcoming an Indian co-worker to “my convenience store. Do you want a coo-ookie?” He summarily gets slapped...
...relations and for a President who has shown great skill in the use of symbolic gestures, the task should have been fairly routine. Instead, a series of staff miscues and a lack of sensitivity by the President not only cast a pall over his German trip, they managed to stir up all the old wartime passions that Reagan had hoped to put to rest. As the furor over the Bitburg cemetery visit escalated for more than a week, he seemed unable to understand the emotions that he had aroused and, instead of recovering, slid more deeply into controversy...
...U.S.F.L., however, may not survive that long. Pounded by poor attendance and low TV ratings, the league has lost more than $150 million in three years, and the number of teams has dwindled from 18 to an expected twelve next season. The league hopes to stir fan interest by playing in the fall next year. Says U.S.F.L. Commissioner Harry Usher: "Those preparing our obituary are a bit premature...
...successful cooperation" with former FPO ministers under their new banner. Analysts say that by distancing themselves from the extreme-right members of the former FPO, Haider and his new alliance might win back voters lost because of the party's divisions and harsh policies. A recent attempt to stir up anti-Turkish sentiment backfired when FPO posters vowing "Vienna must not become Istanbul!" were ridiculed. Political scientist Peter Filzmaier says the new party will aim for 10% in parliamentary elections next year: "If he can do that, he will be in the game again," says Filzmaier. If not, Haider...
Video games, like all other art, form the lens through which we see the world, the patterns of subconscious thought that stir beneath our eyes and frame what we see and what we do not. What happens when a generation of children is more familiar with video games than any other form of art, including the art of conversation? What happens when children are vastly more comfortable with simulations than with narratives? What happens when a significant portion of a generation’s experiences of pleasure derive from what is essentially the subconscious insinuation of algorithms? What happens when...