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To: Elroy Jetson who wrote (53969)	8/23/2009 3:05:26 PM
From: Haim R. Branisteanu	1 Recommendation Respond to of 217781

>>>>>>>>"Reader's Digest" was not simply a collection of articles from other publications. The articles were re-written at a 5th grade educational level designed to make the material available to even the poorly educated, with paragraphs missing or rewritten from the source articles which did not support their particular alternate reality. This augmented the selection bias of the articles chosen. Readers Digest lied by omission. The cultural rebellion of the late 1960s was in many ways a repudiation of the false image of reality portrayed by "Reader's Digest".<<<<<<<<< True but it helped many in restricted countries to read about what is happening around in the world - better doctored than nothing

To: Elroy Jetson who wrote (53969)	8/23/2009 3:27:13 PM
From: elmatador	Respond to of 217781

1922 the average American was not very educated. 1942 when it was published in Brazil there was not an educated readership either. Thus that magazine fulfilled a role. You were not quite quick to come and discuss my gurus: Message 25170787 You did not come out to write about my gurus along: Message 25562552 Message 25698576 Message 25259691

To: Elroy Jetson who wrote (53969)	8/23/2009 5:57:30 PM
From: Gib Bogle	Respond to of 217781

I like the way your uncle thought. A commonplace example of isopraxis: when you are walking with another man (I'm not sure this applies when with a woman), it's hard to avoid falling into step. If you consciously break step, you'll find that the other will follow you.

To: Elroy Jetson who wrote (53969)	8/24/2009 4:33:07 AM
From: Maurice Winn	1 Recommendation Respond to of 217781

And how infrequently the content matches reality: <I also find it increasingly amusing to see how frequently headlines and article titles do not match the material of the article. > Mqurice

To: Elroy Jetson who wrote (53969)	8/24/2009 2:15:35 PM
From: elmatador	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 217781

“It’s Asia that’s lifting the world, rather than the U.S., and that’s never happened before.” “The economic center of gravity has been shifting for some time, but this recession marks a turning point,” said Neal Soss, chief economist for Credit Suisse in New York. “It’s Asia that’s lifting the world, rather than the U.S., and that’s never happened before.” Economists have long predicted that China would eventually surpass the U.S. in influence. That change may be arriving sooner than expected. In short: Decoupling While economists like Mr. Soss expect that growth to spill over to the United States shortly, the effect is already visible in Europe. Indeed, after the French and German economies shocked most economists this month by turning in positive performances for the second quarter, the normally conservative Deutsche Bank released a report titled, “Eurozone Q2 GDP: Made in China?” For now, the answer seems to be yes. “It’s quite amazing, because usually Asia doesn’t play such a big role in European exports or output,” said Gilles Moec, senior European economist with Deutsche Bank in London. French exports to China and other East Asian economies rose 18.7 percent in the second quarter, according to customs data, a sharp turnaround from the 16.2 percent drop recorded in the previous quarter. Overall exports to the region from the 16 countries that use the euro currency increased 6.3 percent in the second quarter, reversing a 6.2 percent drop in the first quarter, Mr. Moec said. nytimes.com