The New Yorker, 2008-01-14

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"The Search Party" / Ken Auletta
__ Brin and Page also introduce a measure of what Schmidt refers to, affectionately, as management "chaos."

"Chateau Scientology" / Dana Goodyear
__ "On the backs of these (celebrities) are carried most of the enthusiasms on which the society runs."
__ "They do it to enhance their visual status."

"American Scrap" / John Searbrook

• 'The scrap and garbage trades are more like opposites. The garbageman has a financial incentive to throw things away, because he is paid in pickup fees. The scrap man, on the other hand, is paid only for what he doesn't throw away."
• .. we came at least to the mega-shredder. As we approached it, Dienst and Henderson began hopping around in their seats like ten-year-old Giants fans who were about to meet Micheal Strahan.
  
• "You might drive by the Golden Gate Bridge and say, 'Wow, what a beautiful bridge,' but I go by that bridge and I say, 'Wow, look at all that inventory.'"
• "Just because something looks sexy doesn't make it cost-effective,"he said, with his confident smile. "Look at my wife."
• "Those heads of Lenin and Stalin," Huang replied... He was more sheepish about having given up inventory for sentimental reasons. "My workers found the heads in a load of Russian scrap and I guess it's OK. they keep it," he said.
  

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