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Article: THE TIPPING POINT: How Little Things Can Make A Big Difference.(Review)
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- The Washington Monthly
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- March 1, 2000
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THE TIPPING POINT: How Little Things Can Make A Big Difference By Malcolm Gladwell Little, Brown, $24.95
IN 1966, ROBERT KENNEDY GAVE THE SPEECH in South Africa that included his now-famous statement about the improbably large changes for the good brought about through individual bravery and idealism. "Each time a man stands up for an ideal," Kennedy said, "or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope, and crossing each other from a million different centers of energy and daring, those ripples build a current that can sweep down the mightiest wall of oppression and resistance." Not only can, but in ...