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...today there is no sense of that responsibility left to students. As the Admissions Office continues to knock down barriers for previously disadvantaged demographics, the emphasis is on merit. Accordingly, with each assuming he deserves his spot by his own merit, Harvard students no longer tend to see themselves as partaking in a grand tradition. We all enter the ivy gates interested primarily in those lofty heights to which our diplomas will propel us. And individual tastes and whims—whether academic, extracurricular, or social—are given priority. Harvard school spirit and pride get only what remains...
...middleman role for some products could open up other opportunities for the firm too. "This will help us do business with certain retailers in the world which we haven't been able to before--like Wal-Mart," says Bruce Rockowitz, president of Li & Fung's trading division. The Fungs "tend to be visionary," says Paul McKenzie, head of consumer research in Hong Kong for investment bank CLSA, "and get positioned early for change...
...viewers tend to associate the BBC with wonderfully acted period dramas like Sense and Sensibility and exquisite nature shows like Planet Earth. But how about Help Me Anthea--I'm Infested or Help, My Dog's as Fat as Me or Freaky Eaters? The latter programs have something in common besides the power of their titles to make BBC executives blush: they were all commissioned by the digital TV channel BBC3. Set up in 2003 to cater to those fickle younger audiences, BBC3 has scored several successes, including the exuberantly tasteless comedy Little Britain. Featuring such popular characters...
...cuts) and budgets but leaves the range of activities pretty much intact. There's a constant tension between the BBC's aim of making what Byford calls "brilliant, outstanding, special, standout content" and the need to justify its existence by attracting mass audiences, which, as Fox Television has proved, tend to gather at the bottom of the taste pyramid. Consider the huge popularity of reality TV, which is cheap to produce and capable of provoking controversy that hooks big audiences. Controversy is, of course, hard to control. Channel4's last run of Celebrity Big Brother sparked riots in India...
...real designation in Japan. If we had that here, he’d be that,” Scanlan says. Acting in Beckett’s plays is sometimes likened to torture, and Epstein concedes that it is highly challenging. According to Epstein, the shorter pieces even tend to be more mysterious than the larger ones, which are more accessible to an audience viewing them for the first time. “Bob [Scanlan] knows these pieces very intimately and was able in a certain sense to decode them for us...The audience absorbs the moment because we are doing...