Word: albaness
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Several weeks ago during my introductory cell biology course, my professor interrupted the usual drone about the fascinating world of cellular processes with a picture of Alba, a fluorescent green rabbit. The professor showed Alba—the brainchild of a sick-minded conceptual artist—to raise the ethical question of whether it is acceptable to genetically engineer animals for artwork. But no sooner did he get a perfunctory guffaw from the class for effect, than he gave a brief exhortation to the class to go home and think about the interesting ethical dilemma of engineering life...
...choice, Britain's radio broadcasters tried an experiment. They subsidized the sale of 300 digital radios at eight locations across the country at the wallet-friendly price of ?99 (about $142), a savings of at least $210 over the cheapest unit now available. They sold out in 30 minutes. Alba, the U.K.'s largest consumer-electronics manufacturer, got the message. It's bringing out a range of digital radios this fall priced from about $140 to around $285 under its mass-market brand, Goodmans...
...America. After putting down "Acme" 15 I opened a piece of junk mail soliciting satellite TV that began, "Bring joy into your life." The Wareian "gag" completed itself in my head: the dish on the window sill, and me alone on the couch in my underwear staring at Jessica Alba...
...arms to don something borrowed and something blue. Newest casualty: remember little Mark from Home Improvement? Well, he’s now little married Taran Noah Smith, at all of 17 years old to 33-year-old chef/artist Heidi van Pelt. TV’s Dark Angel Jessica Alba, 20, will be trading black for white at her marriage to 33-year-old co-star Michael Weatherly, and with the tragic passing of R&B artist Aaliyah, rumors are resurfacing about her marriage at 15 to her mentor at the time, R. Kelly. But a lesson to keep in mind...
...keep a label's signature style intact without it suddenly seeming as last year as, well, platform boots. Often, brands like Esperanza, which now hype their high-heeled mules instead of the platforms, forgo association with a certain look so that they can morph with current styles. Others, like Alba Rosa and Me Jane, married their style to extreme looks of the past and paid the price: those loud colors and hibiscus flowers might be selling in Beijing and Taipei, but no one in Harajuku is wearing the stuff...