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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Even outfits like Pottery Barn and Crate & Barrel, which have always had younger crowds, have had to adjust. "We used to always say our average age was 25 to 55," says Kahn. "We don't say that anymore. We feel the customer is getting younger...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE YOUNG AND THE NESTED | 11/10/1997 | See Source »

NaturallySpeaking did a fine job of recognizing what I said; it's just that most of us have the system of typing so deeply ingrained in our writing process that it may be difficult to adjust our own cognitive processes...

Author: By Kevin S. Davis, | Title: Is Voice Recognition Possible? | 11/4/1997 | See Source »

...that there were enough students who wanted grapes that we would put the grapes out and leave it up to students to decide," Mayer said. "If they felt strongly about boycotting grapes they could do so. And if they wanted grapes, they would be there, and we would adjust our purchases accordingly...

Author: By Nicholas A. Nash, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: After Long-Time Ban, Dining Halls Will Serve Grapes Again | 10/28/1997 | See Source »

...tubes. Cincinnati to New York's LaGuardia is one of the Comair routes that was out of range of the turboprops. Delta, the nation's third largest carrier, is using Comair's smaller jets in at least two dozen cities--among them Minneapolis, Orlando, Kansas City and Philadelphia--to adjust capacity when demand is too low for bigger jets. Delta has pulled 737s or MD-80s out of such cities as St. Louis, Allentown and Wilkes-Barre, Pa., and let Comair offer service. "All our service now from St. Louis to Cincinnati is Comair service," says David Anderson, a Delta...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A LITTLE JET SET | 10/27/1997 | See Source »

...Once [the committee] was established, I met with students from every ethnic group at Harvard," Counter said. "I asked them to see how we could help Harvard adjust to its growing diversity...

Author: By Barbara E. Martinez and Alexandra S. Morrison, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Laying a Foundation For Ethnic Diversity | 10/20/1997 | See Source »

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