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...market, though, does not need the majority of consumers to profess a higher morality. For instance, many apparel manufacturers, like the much-maligned Nike, conceded to the demands of a small, but vociferous, anti-sweat shop campaign and started monitoring their sub-contractors. In doing so, the companies resuscitated lagging profits and motivated a much larger group of (normally indifferent) consumers to buy brands that promised adequate labor conditions. This story shows that consumers want to inject some moral vigor into their largely materialist lives—and that businesses respond. From “hormone-free?...
...things like rent cruise ships so they can be with their own kind and get caught up in lots of emotional drama. (Could it be a subtle parody of gay culture?) The story centers around Ferdinand's various rebound relationships after his girlfriend dumps him. In a sub-plot his friend Tree-man (who looks like a tree but acts like a lovesick French student) has an unreciprocated yearning for Ferdinand's ex. "If I hug you too long then I'll want to kiss you and then it'll all be a big mess and we won't just...
...course, this does not mean it was conscious—hence, the first line of defense for fraud: “I didn’t know!” Blaming the misdemeanor on a strange sub-conscience that causes unusually immoral behavior—as if the culprit had taken Jekyll’s potion and mysteriously transformed into her Hyde counterpart—is offered to mitigate the action...
...while the losses fall on a concentrated, vocal few. Though the needs and concerns of those who are being hurt should be recognized and dealt with, politicians should look at the big picture of what is best for the United States rather than what is best for any particular sub-constituency. The arguments against protectionism extend beyond the theory of comparative advantage—China and the United States are so economically intertwined that we are in a situation akin to an economic version of Dr. Strangelove. Although China takes some of our manufacturing jobs, it quenches our thirst...
...people who are out there and not applying.”This type of recruiting for underprivileged and minority students has been going on for a quarter century, according to the Harvard College Admissions Office website. “Recruiting for Harvard for many years was kind of sub rosa,” Banks said. “We did not get into the business of recruiting for really most of our history. People had to find Harvard. Harvard did not go out of its way to find most of its students.”ARE HARVARD?...