Word: thompson
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...past for artists who were pariahs then, suitable for veneration now. Thus the hierarchy is upended. Novelists lauded in the '50s are forgotten now (don't expect a Sloan Wilson or James Gould Cozzens revival any time soon), while writers who were published only in cheap paperbacks (Jim Thompson) are heroes. Producer Stanley Kramer was the social conscience of Hollywood; yet his films receive little attention now (and if they do, it's dismissive), while Ed Wood gets a Tim Burton hagiography starring Johnny Depp...
Incoming Interim President Derek C. Bok has asked a former administrator to take an informal look at academic administration in University Hall, in preparation for the appointment of the new dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences. Carol J. Thompson, who was the Faculty’s associate dean for academic affairs from 1993 to 2000, has stepped out of retirement to conduct low-key talks with senior staff in University Hall, department chairs, and others. “This is an informal, constructive look at what might be helpful for [Faculty] Dean [William C.] Kirby?...
...from the Tiffany Archives. The show will examine how etiquette trends, new materials and the somewhat recent need for disposable flatware have influenced the design of eating utensils and serving tools. "The culture of dining is an integral part of social history," says Cooper-Hewitt director Paul Warwick Thompson. "'Feeding Desire' will demonstrate how sharing food can be an expression of love and power, duty and honor, knowledge and taste...
...think about a Wal-Mart Bank with ATMs, branches and tellers. Jane Thompson, who would be chairman of Wal-Mart Bank, says the new bank would have a "very narrow role." Currently, every time a customer swipes a credit or debit card, Wal-Mart pays a fee to a bank for watching over the money for those few seconds as it moves between the customer's account and Wal-Mart's. By using its own bank, the company will save fractions of a penny on each transaction, yielding $5 million to $10 million a year, which it says...
Video games rated “M” for mature audiences contain sexual content, drug references, and strong language not labeled on the box, according to a recent study by Kimberly M. Thompson, an associate professor of risk analysis and decision science at the Harvard School of Public Health. Thompson has previously completed studies analyzing the content of video games rated “E” for everyone and “T” for teen. Those studies found much higher levels of violence than advertised on the video game box. She has also founded KidsRisk...