Word: webers
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Years ago, German sociologist Max Weber wrote that America's expectations of a successful young academic were such that he could "draw large crowds of students" to his lectures. His charisma, his style and his temperament were more significant motivations for a student to enroll in a lecture class than the material itself...
However far we have drifted from Weber's conception of American academics, StudentU.com has underhandedly transformed the sociologist's theory from a nostalgic ideal of the past to an urgency for the now. Once again, whether or not the students flock to a teacher will be "determined in large measure, larger than one would believe is possible, by purely external things: temperament and even the inflection of his voice...
...interview aired Monday Starr said he?d been buoyed by Judge Susan Weber Wright?s recent finding that President Clinton had given false testimony in the Paula Jones case, but wouldn?t comment on whether he might seek any indictments against either of the Clintons. Starr also claimed he?d been "horrified" by the House of Representatives decision to publish his report on the Monica Lewinsky affair in all of its salacious detail. He wants America to believe he?d only included the good bits to help the legislature reach an informed decision. Good thing he isn?t standing...
...that will get them to the palace in the early morning and back to a four-star hotel in Delhi in time for lunch. The 18-day, hassle-free millennium package costs $75,000. Who's buying? "The percentage of travelers who are millionaires is staggering," says David M. Weber, managing director of two-year-old R. Crusoe & Son. His company has sold all 80 places on one millennium junket--around the world in 24 days through developing nations on private jet, at $44,950 (double occupancy)--and started on a second...
Former Congressman Vin Weber, co-founder of Empower America, says "the old formulation is breaking down in this election, and Bush is testing a new one." The new formulation calls for soothing soccer moms by seeming to retreat from the official platform on abortion, while using religious testimony to quiet the Evangelicals. Bobbie Gobel, who as chair of Iowa's Christian Coalition controls the most sought-after endorsement in the state, concedes that Bush hasn't publicly toed the line on abortion but says she believes that as a "man of God" he will. To explain why she thinks this...