There is a funny American myth that you have to go to big places such as New York or California to make your fame and fortune.
Too many today chase the American myth of unlimited potential by denying biological limitations, including performance enhancing drugs in sports, searching for self-esteem with cosmetic surgery, or pushing the frontiers of reproductive medicine.
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This essay is adapted from his new book, "Better, Stronger, Faster: The Myth of American Decline and the Rise of a New Economy, " which will be published Tuesday by the Free Press.
For example, the brief appearance of Bill Gates evokes our Horatio Alger myth of success and the American dream.
Let's start with the fact that Texas's growth puts the lie to the myth that free trade costs American jobs.
The first myth it takes on is that American taxpayers will subsidize the settlement.
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In sum, a Lula victory would do much to demolish the idea, more myth than fact, that Latin American democracy is still just a game rigged for the benefit of the better-off.
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Education advocates are not only fighting for equal resources for students, but are also up against the Model Minority Myth, which claims that Asian American students achieve above and beyond the general population.
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The myth of the hobo runs powerfully through American folklore, symbolizing American wanderlust and the unfettered -- and unwashed -- spirit.
Some time around 1830, Rice learned a popular African-American song-and-dance routine, based on the myth of the trickster figure, an escaped slave named Jim Crow.
No American need be lectured about the ARA. Americans love cars and love driving, so the myth goes.
The next American champion will almost certainly be the product of tremendous natural talent coupled with an unusual creation myth.
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Akaneiro: Demon Hunters is something of a folkloric hybrid: half Little Red Riding Hood, half Japanese myth, the game is a lovely, highly-stylized action-RPG from developer American McGee and Spicy Horse Games.
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