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Why you should treat your brand as an operating system
For much of the modern corporate era, brand has been treated as surface area. A story told outward. A set of signals designed to persuade,…
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There’s only one Woz, but we can all learn from him
Hello again, and welcome back to Fast Company’s Plugged In. On January 16, Apple cofounder Steve Wozniak—known to all as Woz—received the…
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Three sales secrets from the stage that translate into everyday leadership
I like to say that my job as a charity auctioneer is the ultimate sales role. I stand onstage night after night encouraging people to give…
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Manolo Blahnik Enters Beijing, Landing at Top Mall SKP
LONDON – Manolo Blahnik has unveiled its first store in China’s capital at SKP Beijing, one of the nation’s landmark luxury retailers. The…
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Anne Hathaway, Elizabeth Hurley, Tom Ford Among Film and Fashion Celebrities Paying Last Respect at Valentino Funeral in Rome
Anne Hathaway, Elizabeth Hurley, Tom Ford, Anna Wintour, and Donatella Versace are among global film and fashion celebrities that attended…
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England Six Nations squad: Vilikesa 'Billy' Sela and Greg Fisilau picked
England have called up uncapped 20-year-old prop Vilikesa 'Billy' Sela for the Six Nations to cover a crop of tighthead injuries, while…
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The Leo Strauss Letter That Previewed a Modern-Day Divide
As 65-year-old letters between conservative heavyweights reveal, the right’s internecine clashes on foreign policy are nothing new. Source…
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Busting Up a Nexus of Narco-Terrorism
U.S. pressure on the Iran-Venezuela-Cuba crime network will help protect the Western Hemisphere for years to come. Source link
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‘Faithless’ — Springsteen’s Latest Hysterical Politics
Scritti Politti’s ‘Faithless’ — political songwriting done right. Source link
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Trump’s Greenland Gambit Alienates the European Right He Once Inspired
The U.S. president is losing the goodwill of the very nationalists and conservatives who until recently saw him as an ally. Source link
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Canada’s Misguided China Overtures
We understand why Prime Minister Mark Carney’s pride has been wounded, but we urge him to think harder about the long-term interest of his…
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Can AI replace the humanity of Classical Music?
In October 2021, the Beethoven Orchestra Bonn interpreted the first movement of Beethoven’s 10th unfinished symphony, which was completed…
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Prime Video Greenlights U.K. Crime Thriller Series ‘Dirty’ From ‘Bridge of Spies’ Writer Matt Charman
Prime Video has ordered U.K original series “Dirty,” created by Oscar-nominated writer Matt Charman (“Bridge of Spies,” “Treason,”…
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Taylor Nycole on Confidence, Curves, and the Real Impact of Plus Size Influence
Plus size influencers are not a monolith and they are certainly not interchangeable. From emerging voices building deeply engaged…
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This tech could keep EVs from stressing the grid—and save everyone money
If you’re a typical American, you get home from work and start flipping switches and turning knobs—doing laundry, cooking dinner, watching…
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Challenging Official Histories in “Natchez” and “Mr. Nobody Against Putin”
Rev displays the rhetorical power, leavened with humor and warmth, of a skilled public speaker, but many others are charismatic, too.…
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Louise Bourgeois’s Art Can Still Enthrall
In recent years, Noche Flamenca, New York’s finest flamenco troupe, has been taking inspiration from the art of Francisco Goya. The…
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Is Universal Childcare the Democrats’ Winning Issue This Year?
An important component to all of these plans will be raising provider pay and trying to build on the network of experienced programs that…
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How Do You Write About the Inexplicable?
I’m a rational person. I grew up in a family of scientists. My dad, who studied the brain, told me when I was a kid that Santa and God…
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If Anyone Can Pull Off a General Strike, It’s Minnesotans
The Minnesota movement thinks, as political philosopher Rodrigo Nunes puts it in Neither Vertical Nor Horizontal, ecologically: It brings…
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Those Nine Democrats Were Wrong to Vote the Clintons in Contempt
Comer: I didn’t—I wasn’t paying attention to your question. Stansbury: OK, we’re here pursuant to a motion you brought for contempt. And…
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Trump’s Terrifying Davos Speech Is a Wake-up Call to the Global Elite
On Wednesday, President Trump traveled to Davos, Switzerland, for the World Economic Forum and delivered a speech that was unusually…
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The Faces—and Middle Fingers—of the ICE Resistance in Minneapolis
Despite subzero temperatures, the people of Minneapolis have come out in force to protest ICE’s brutal tactics, which include the killing…