Bali: A city of celebrations Nov 19, 2009
Creative people like Charlie Chaplin, Noel Coward, Rudolf Bonnet, Walter Spies, Vicky Baum, Miguel Covarrubias, and Margaret Mead had sung paeans about this tiny island of bliss. Kesawa had already decided my itinerary. (India Times)
Why Wall Street Will Never, Ever Get Rid of Huge Bonuses Oct 24, 2009
That's because bankers must be evaluated the way Margaret Mead approached the cultures she studiedas an insular tribe with its own mores, a society with long-accepted conventions that might strike outsiders as bizarre. Just as Tiger Woods was placed on this earth to whack the dickens out of dimpled balls, Wall Streeters were placed on this planet to dispense and receive bonuses. (Slate)
Not a Death Panel, a Death Mandate Oct 7, 2009
The builders of this Culture of Death are: Nietzsche, Ayn Rand, Charles Darwin, Karl Marx, Jean-Paul Sartre, Freud, Wilhelm Reich, Margaret Mead, Alfred Kinsey, Margaret Sanger, Jack Kevorkian, Peter Singer, and others who have regarded humans as mere animals in a purely materialistic driven universe. (). (Townhall.com)
Letter: Student athletes thank town officials Oct 3, 2009
Fri Oct 02, 2009, 09:25 AM EDT. Editor s note: Athletic Director Mike Nelson forwarded this letter to the editor of the Saugus Advertiser. (Saugus Advertiser, MA)
Review: 'House in Bali' creative yet distant Sep 30, 2009
Margaret Mead (the muscular soprano Anne Harley) is an officious presence, taking notes and photographs and urging everyone to read her book for further enlightenment. The German painter Walter Spies, sung with silky luxuriance by tenor Timur Bekbosunov, is a sybaritic delight. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Opera pays tribute to Balinese gamelan music Sep 26, 2009
Q: Yet you and the librettist Paul Schick have added two other Westerners to the opera - the anthropologist Margaret Mead and the German painter Walter Spies. What are they doing there. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Athletes aren’t only champions who deserve a seat at breakfast Sep 14, 2009
I d suggest Admiral Grace Hopper, Rachel Carson, and Margaret Mead. Ryan: I know I would rather see my kid aspire to be the next Bill Gates than the next Barry Bonds. (Boston Globe)
Tylko studying evolution of medical ethics Sep 10, 2009
Writer Margaret Mead said that for the first time in our tradition there was a complete separation between killing and curing. Throughout the primitive world, the doctor and the sorcerer tended to be the same person. (Lincoln Journal, MA)
NYC's 'Skinniest' House Has Fat Price Tag Aug 27, 2009
A small plaque on the house notes that poet Edna St. Vincent Millay once lived there; so did anthropologist Margaret Mead. Real estate broker Alex Nicholas says there is interest in the property and he has appointments on Thursday to show the home to three different potential buyers. (Click2Houston, TX)
Odd news: Fat price sought for NYC's 'skinniest' house9 1/2 feet wide, $2.7 million Aug 27, 2009
Corcoran real estate broker Alex Nicholas says anthropologist Margaret Mead and poet Edna St. Vincent Millay once called it home. The three-story structure boasts plenty of light with large windows in the front and back, and a skylight. (Klamath Falls Herald & News, OR)
Client culture is new Olson focus Jul 14, 2009
Olson is studying its clients customers in the same way that Margaret Mead studied Polynesians. The Minneapolis-based advertising firm has latched onto anthropology and its methods to show clients not just how their customers buy their products, but how culture and rituals drive sales. (Twin Cities Business Journal, MN)
Sotomayor Promises "Fidelity to the Law" Jul 14, 2009
"From the beginning, the American Philosophical Society attracted some of America's finest minds. Early members included George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Alexander Hamilton, Thomas Paine, David Rittenhouse, Owen Biddle, Benjamin Rush, James Madison, Michael Hillegas, and John Marshall. The Society also drew philosophers from other nations as members, including Alexander von Humboldt, the Marquis de Lafayette, Baron von Steuben, Tadeusz Kosciuszko, and Yekaterina Romanovna... (CBS News)
Study Finds Widening Generation Gap Jun 30, 2009
I once attended a lecture by Margaret Mead in which she spoke on the generation gap between the baby booomers and their parents. She said the baby boomers grew up in a generation in which with a flip of the switch and we had immediate gratification. (CBS News)
Curt Smith: How one teacher made a world of difference Jun 30, 2009
Let Theodore Roszac hail irrationality; Margaret Mead, wallow in future speak; Kenneth Kenniston, term Boomer Nation comically, looking back the best and brightest. Jeanne refused to corrupt or condescend. (Medfield Press, MA)
Saving Historic St. Charles, One Building at a Time Jun 27, 2009
" Pitman's preservation projects today house such varied businesses as a hair salon, antique shop, clothing retailer and a high-tech firm that offers computer training. Why St. Charles? Pitman said she was drawn to the preservation work in St. Charles because by the 1970s urban renewal was already under way there under the guidance of "pioneers" like Archie Scott. "In the 1960s, the first state Capitol building (in St. Charles) was restored," she said, "and I felt the truth in that Margaret Mead... (Missourian Publishing, MO)
MSNBC Publishes Free Online Abridgment of 'Biocentrism' Jun 17, 2009
June 16 /PRNewswire/ -- MSNBC.com featured today Dr. Robert Lanza's book (co-authored with leading astronomer Bob Berman) Biocentrism: How Life and Consciousness are the Keys to Understanding the True Nature of the Universe on its National Academies award-winning site "Cosmic Log." The article by Science Editor Alan Boyle includes an exclusive online abridgment of the book based on Lanza's essay A New Theory of the Universe which appeared in The American Scholar, a leading intellectual journal... (PR Newswire)
Letter: Transmission line should go through public property Jun 3, 2009
"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it's the only thing that ever has." Margaret Mead Jeff Johnson 700 German Gulch Road Anaconda (Editor's note: NorthWestern Energy's preferred route may not be the one finally chosen. An Environmental Impact Study will be released for public comment in the fall, and it will identify the route that state and federal officials believe is best. (Montana Standard, MT)
Editorial/Opinion May 22, 2009
As Margaret Mead said, Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful people could change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has. (Grants Cibola County Beacon, NM)
Encouraging news from our local nonprofit agencies May 16, 2009
In the words of the late, great Margaret Mead: "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, concerned citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.". The greatest challenges to the nonprofit sector still await us. (NJ.com -- Times)
A rational talk about rationing care May 8, 2009
No one is immune from denial - not even the anthropologist Margaret Mead, who preached the need for an open conversation about death. When her time came, and her daughter came to talk, Mead said she wasn't dying, she had too much left to do. (Boston Globe)
Junior League women's group welcomes new members May 7, 2009
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Life-science projects opening eyes, minds May 6, 2009
Nogales International Print Edition. By Mary Jo Allen Published Tuesday, May 5, 2009 9:48 AM MDT. (Nogales International, AZ)
Strauss wants to freak you out with 'Emergency' Apr 5, 2009
Arguably, he's Gen-X's Margaret Mead meets Hunter S. Thompson. So what's to hate. (Sioux City Journal)
An Amazing 'hair' Day Apr 1, 2009
Some stick out, of course -- Swenson, Gavin Creel as Claude, Andrew Kober as Margaret Mead, Allison Case as Crissy -- but the musical's singular glory lies in the generosity with which it allows so many to shine. Inviting the audience to rush the stage at the end is very much in that spirit. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
Guest opinion: Schools need our help Mar 27, 2009
"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world." Cultural anthropologist Margaret Mead might well have had Butte school board members in mind when she uttered that admonition. Often faced with difficult decisions, meeting for long hours, listening to endless complaints, all without pay, theirs can be a thankless job. (Montana Standard, MT)
New Milford's Plow to Plate Attracts Sundance Channel Mar 27, 2009
But based on the teachings of famous anthropologist Margaret Mead, "It's the only thing that ever has.". Litchfield County Times 2009. (Litchfield County Times, CT)
GEF News: Mardi Gras Gala - What a Night! Mar 21, 2009
In the program booklet Carol quoted Margaret Mead which really captured the spirit of the Gala, Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it s the only thing that ever has. Co-chairs of the Gala Sonia Mitchell and Scott Jones were proud of their team s efforts. (Georgetown Record, MA)
Who's cooking? (for health, it matters) Mar 18, 2009
But research led by the anthropologist Margaret Mead found that the wives and mothers who bought and prepared the food had far more influence than anyone realized, including the women themselves. These days, the family gatekeeper may be a mother or a father, a grandparent, a housekeeper or a nanny. (International Herald Tribune -- Travel)
Professors could rescue newspapers Mar 10, 2009
Ditto for the new discipline of anthropology, where Franz Boas and his students especially Ruth Benedict and Margaret Mead wrote regularly for the popular press. Today, with the press itself in peril, we need to do the same. (Yahoo News)
Nickelback enjoys the show Mar 7, 2009
WORCESTER - It was the kind of night where Nelson Mandela, Playboy bunnies, Margaret Mead, weed, Bono, drug dealers on speed dial, and Kid Rock all got shout-outs, either from the stage or on the massive video screen. Hey, what else would you expect from Nickelback, the Canadian hard-rock gods who keenly skirt the line between class and crass. (Boston Globe)
Do Good for animals in need Mar 4, 2009
Margaret Mead Film Festival (EVENT) 201 10th Street West Bradenton, FL 34205. Other. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Metro)
Size matters - smaller is better Mar 1, 2009
"No matter how many communes anybody invents, the family always creeps back," said anthropologist Margaret Mead. Communes aren't in fashion right now, it's conglomerates and global empires. (BBC News -- UK)
A Radiant Love for Indonesian Culture, Art, and Dance -- Accompany Claire Holt While Sitting At the Feet of Gurus Feb 8, 2009
There, she gave frequent lecture-demonstrations on Javanese culture and dance, worked with Margaret Mead at the American Museum of Natural History, and helped found the East Indies Institute. She taught, wrote, published and worked for the U.S. State Department. (Primezone Releases)
As I see it: Take small steps to sustainability (Jan. 29) Feb 8, 2009
Margaret Mead once said, Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it s the only thing that ever has. (Corvallis Gazette Times, OR)
