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...RAISE CASH... Abramoff tended to pick clients far removed from the Beltway who were sometimes either too desperate or too unfamiliar with the lobbying trade to question his unorthodox tactics and exorbitant fees...
...journalism and congratulate it on a job well done, however, I want to pause for a moment to think through some of the reasons why we should be wary of accepting too much of our news, if not for campus affairs then at least for global ones, from these unorthodox sources. It’s worth starting with a particular institution which certain elements of the blog community are rightly fond of, something called Technorati.Technorati is like a “who’s who” in the blogging world—a computer-controlled popularity contest designed...
...have butterflies in my stomach....This is an important decision for my future...the future of the party, that of sovereignty, and of course, for the future of Quebec,” he wrote. While some observers have noted Boisclair’s unorthodox political background, others like Randall K. Morck, Harvard’s visiting King professor of Canadian studies, feel that Boisclair’s new prominence in Quebec does little to refashion politics or the separatist movement in the French-speaking province. “This heralds no major changes,” Morck wrote...
...story—for example, the fact that the growth rate has been a steady five percent is something readers want to know. A list of awards from Working Mother and Fortune magazines, on the other hand, is excessive and detracts from the story of Patagonia’s unorthodox corporate philosophy.Chouinard divides the book into three separate sections, each of which explores the company’s unique facets. The first, and most interesting, part deals with history. Chouinard gives a short, scatter-shot autobiography that hopscotches across time from one rock climbing adventure to another. The founder...
...political foibles. The story is told by Junan’s daughter Hong, who assumes an omniscient tone as she pieces together her family history. As Chang explains, Hong “can enter the thoughts of her mother and father apart from herself.” This unorthodox use of the first person constitutes an “imagining and piecing together of [Hong’s] family history as an adult.” Chang’s work is structured in a unique, specific style. Immersed in a story that she knows little about, Hong?...