Thursday, February 5, 2009

Smithsonian News: Dashead and Acess/ Acquisitions


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If a new study is any guide, the color red can make people’s work more accurate, but blue can make people more creative.“If you’re talking about wanting enhanced memory for something like proofreading skills, then a red color should be used,” said Juliet Zhu, an assistant professor of marketing at the university’s business school, who conducted the studies with Ravi Mehta, a doctoral student. For “a brainstorming session for a new product or coming up with a new solution to fight.Color Study Looks at Effects of Red and Blue - NYTimes.com

Unlike W. and Dick Cheney, who heroically resisted acknowledging their historically boneheaded mistakes, President Obama summoned a conga line of Anderson, Katie, Brian, Chris and Charlie to the Oval Office to do penance, over and over.

“I think I messed up. I screwed up,” he confessed to Couric.

He told the anchors that the man who helped make him president, Tom Daschle, had made “a serious mistake” by not paying taxes on a car and driver. (It should have been a harbinger of doom when Daschle began sporting those determined-to-be-hip round red glasses.)Op-Ed Columnist - Well, That Certainly Didn't Take Long - NYTimes.com

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