HOW TO TELL A TRUE PRINCESSThere was once upon a time a Prince who wanted to marry aPrincess, but she must be a true Princess. So he travelledthrough the whole world to find one, but there was alwayssomething against each. There were plenty of Princesses, but hecould not find out if they were true Princesses. In every casethere was some little defect, which showed the genuine articlewas not yet found. So he came home again in very low spirits,for he had wanted very much to have a true Princ
The Glimpses of the Moonby Edith WhartonPART IIIT rose for themtheir honey-moonover the waters of a lake sofamed as the scene of romantic raptures that they were ratherproud of not having been afraid to choose it as the setting oftheir own."It required a total lack of humour, or as great a gift for itas ours, to risk the experiment," Susy Lansing opined, as theyhung over the inevitable marble balustrade and watched their...
看李楠摄影作品《绝世金莲》有感冯骥才 在十二亿中国人举足跨越二十一世纪的门坎之时,谁也不会留意,这中间到底还有几双那种畸形和怪异的小脚。缠足的历史发端于五代,迄今将近千年;放足的历史始自清末,至今亦已百年。应该说,至迟在二十一世纪中期妇女解放的运动中,那种自残性质的裹足习俗就彻底地废弃了。如今缠过足的妇女,都已年过七十。不管千百年来缠足习俗怎样残忍与蛮横,在今天的年轻一代看来,都已变得荒诞不经,甚至难以置信!曾经遍及天下的小脚,已然寥落无几,一如雨后残云,只待时代清劲的风不久便把它们干干净净地收拾而去。 毫无疑问,它们已是历史进程中的弃物,谁会再瞧它们一眼呢! 但一位青年摄影家李楠偏偏将摄影机的镜头对准着它,一按快门,把这些几乎被人们忘却的形象,赤裸裸摆在人们面前。然而,这不是出于好奇而猎奇,也不是寻奇作怪,以暴露“隐私”来惊动世人。可是对于当代人来说,猛...
中国报业在近二十年改革中取得了长足发展,涌现出一批实力雄厚、广告收入达几亿元的市场化报纸。这些广告收入名列前茅的报纸多数并非党报,更多的是“资历不深”的都市报纸。这些都市报纸的崛起,离不开一代中国报人的艰辛探索。任何行业的长足发展都离不开经验的积累,然而笔者通过两年来的研究观察发现,国内的报业实践经验积累并不够:1.在许多地方已经发生过的报业失败经营案例,在其他地方仍然发生。比如盲目的扩版降价、恶性竞争,比如不顾报业实际情况开展所谓的“多元化经营”,导致投资血本无归。一些成熟、系统的报业经营观并没有被积累,更谈不上进一步的检验与提升。2.很多报业经营管理者没有认识到报业经济是一门科学,而是盲目相信自己的领导能力、办报风格,一些采编出身的报业管理者,文人气质很浓,迷信自己的“风格”或“感觉”,轻视报业经济的客观规律,这些问题都不利于报业的规范、健康发展。...
《布波族:一个社会新阶层的崛起》的作者大卫·布鲁克斯在他的著作中有过这样的描述:“..有数百万名充满抱负的布尔乔亚阶级会买巴顿的《无人知晓之人》(The Man Nobody Knows)这类书籍。巴顿认为,耶稣事实上可以说是一个卓越的企业主和成功的组织工作者。‘煞风景的人?决策人决策人(图)决策人始于最底层(图)重点:始于最底层 这是偏远的拿撒勒地区的一个简陋的木匠铺,昏黄的阳光照耀进来,耶稣背后的阴影是一个巨大的十字架,他看上去激动而痛苦,似乎正在感受内在力量意识的觉醒。就是这个拿撒勒的木匠,这个社会最底层的一员,因此知道最广大的人群的需求,并取得事业上的巨大成功。从最低层、从调研客户作起,也是今天对开始从事商业的人员的要求。 如果因为这样作,我们被批评过分强调了他性格中关于人性的部分,我们也很高兴我们的过分强调能稍稍弥补对他性格中其他部分的过于着重突出。 将他描述成上帝的...
Elinor Wyllysby Susan Fenimore CooperIN TWO VOLUMES. VOL. II.EDITED BY J. FENIMORE COOPER.CHAPTER I {would be CHAPTER XXIV, if numbered from beginning of Vol. I}"But there is matter for another rhyme; And I to this would add another tale." WORDSWORTH."And how do Miss and Madam do; The little boy, and all? All tight and well? and how do you, Good Mr. What-do-you-call?" COWPER.{William Wordsworth (English poet, 1770-1850), "Poems of the Imagination: Hart-Leap Well" lines 95-96. William Cowper (E
THE LAZY TOUR OF TWO IDLE APPRENTICESTHE LAZY TOUR OFTWO IDLEAPPRENTICES1- Page 2-THE LAZY TOUR OF TWO IDLE APPRENTICESCHAPTER IIn the autumn month of September, eighteen hundred and fifty-seven,wherein these presents bear date, two idle apprentices, exhausted by thelong, hot summer, and the long, hot work it had brought with it, ran away...