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...idea is the engine that transforms the way we live and think. (Our country was founded on one.) It was almost 50 years ago that the philosopher Thomas Kuhn coined the term paradigm shift--the moment when our worldview fundamentally changes because of a new idea, as when people understood that the sun does not revolve around the earth or that climate change is altering the way we would all have to live...
...racing-system developer and director, Mizuno asked Ghosn to allow for a race-car development method. He started in December 2003, using early data on the GT-R concept to teach others how to reach the targets they would soon face in design. At that point, Mizuno says, he understood 120% of what needed to be done, but "others knew zero." Nissan held a global design competition--a first for the company--to pare down submissions for the car from 80 designers. About eight months later, Mizuno put together an approximately 100-person global team to execute the final design...
...said.Cooper has often portrayed darkcharacters, and while Harry Allen is notoutwardly sinister, Cooper’s performanceilluminates the rationale behind his violentchoices. “It’s not qualities I liked inthe man,” Cooper said, “it’s qualities I understood,where I found a parallel in hisbehavior, in his reactions, in his relationship.”“Married Life,” which is based on theJohn Bingham novel “Five Roundaboutsto Heaven,” takes place in 1949, but thestory itself is remarkably relevant...
Before providing tissue samples, the PGP-10 had to pass a series of exams assessing their interest, testing their knowledge of genomics and study protocol, and making sure that they understood the benefits and risks associated with their participation...
...that says a black kid listening to Bob Dylan isn’t really black? And what of the claim that a black student who attends a Radiohead concert is betraying his race? While people may not be making these claims openly, the existence of these positions is well understood within the community. Some of hip-hop’s brightest stars, however, fail to even acknowledge the problem created by this kind of cultural isolationism and the musical inbreeding that it engenders. In a December 2007 Spin Magazine interview in which he discussed race and music, Kanye West said...