Garry Ridge, who runs WD-40 chemical company, has a leadership style driven by two sources: Aristotle and BlackRock CEO Larry Fink. Mr. Ridge first said, quoting the Greek philosopher, “Pleasure in work brings perfection to work.” Then he recently received a BlackRock note. Mr. Ridge read aloud: “Companies that have built strong bonds with their …
NASHVILLE – There are times when Aliyah Boston opens her mouth and is ashamed of what comes out. No island spark. There is no jump in her cadence. Dahts and deys don’t roll his tongue. Never ever, not good. It sounds very … American. Yes, it’s embarrassing, said Boston. “My whole family can turn their …
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This moment offers a patient wash of silence and humanity after 80 minutes of live drama. “Upload” contains elements from the dark speculative series “Black Mirror” and the relatively promising “Years and Years,” but they are as timeless preoccupations as they are the best genre fiction. “Upload” is not entirely fictional. This is our future …
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reported This week in The Washington Post The Biden administration has been meeting with popular video creators from the social network TikTok and informing them about the war in Ukraine, an unconventional move that could help in the White House’s information war…or ruthlessly mocking. And “Saturday Night Live” was happy to help with that latter …
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Penumbra Theater and Oregon Shakespeare Festival commissioned in 2016 dominican morisseau write a play as part American Revolutions: The History Cycle of the United States. Mission: To create a study of the Black experience of the Civil War. Morisseau had a question: “What were black women doing?” “Confederations” His new play at the Signature Theater …
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Penumbra Theater and Oregon Shakespeare Festival commissioned in 2016 dominican morisseau write a play as part American Revolutions: The History Cycle of the United States. Mission: To create a study of the Black experience of the Civil War. Morisseau had a question: “What were black women doing?” “Confederations” His new play at the Signature Theater …
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Do you have any conflicts about GoFundMe being a non-profit company? In fact, I think what allows us to do what we do and build such a good platform is being for-profit, because we need to run a global, world-class platform service. We must continue to evolve. We must continue to introduce new features. We …
reached by phone, Mr. RemnickThe New Yorker’s editor since 1998 has confirmed that Driftmania has indeed reached him. “It would be foolish not to read something like The Drift,” he said. “In the history and culture of this country, small magazines can have a big impact, so it’s part of my motivation as a reader, …
In his poignant and imaginative new novel, “pure color” Sheila Heti opens with an unusual concept: People are bears, fish or birds. Bears are the ones who care most about their closest relationships. People who focus on the common good are fish. Birds are the ones who are most busy with beauty and aesthetics. “People …
Albert Bourla, Pfizer’s president and CEO, said in a statement, “Ultimately, we believe that three doses of the vaccine will be needed for children aged 6 months to 4 years to achieve a high level of protection against current and possible future variants. But he said that if two doses are allowed in the meantime, …
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Google on Friday asked a federal court to dismiss an antitrust lawsuit filed by the State of Texas, the first time in the United States that the government tried to dismiss one of the competition lawsuits filed against it. Google said in a filing that it did not show that the state had engaged in …
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The last chapter, “My Mother”, is written in very plain, soft prose. (Elizabeth Harris, especially here, is translating with a light and graceful touch.) Describing an evening at the theater with her mother, Marcello says, “the kinship of our bodies is like we both rush to take our places and then never quite settle in.” …
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