The scene of this activity was southern France, where the embers of Petrobrusianism were ready to be kindled into flame.

Bob Woodruff, an anchor and correspondent for ABC News who arrived in New Orleans the Wednesday after the storm hit, calls the detached-observer ideal a very ivory tower notion that's not practiced in the field.

Mr. Jobs used his famous reality distortion field to bend the news media and investors and everyone else to his will.

Eligibility criteria form the essence of selective programs and individuals are evaluated using a means test.