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...Amid all the punditry, grandstanding and technical talk?the WTO has a language of its own that includes arcane concepts such as "Swiss coefficients" and "amber box support" (don't ask)?it's easy to lose sight of the big question: Does it really matter if the Hong Kong talks sputter and the Doha Round fails? The global economy, after all, has been humming along nicely under the old rules, which date back to the Uruguay Round in 1994. Since the U.S. bounced back from its post-9/11 slide, world economic growth has been more buoyant than...
Sport Shades Inventor: Alan Reichow at Pacific University for Nike Availability: Now, $60 for box of six lenses. Purchase requires fitting by a professional; monthly replacement recommended. To Learn More: nikevision.com & bauschlomb.com These amber-tinted MaxSight contact lenses from Nike filter out blue light to reduce glare and improve the visibility of baseballs, tennis balls and other moving targets. A gray-green version gives golfers an edge by enhancing the dips and curves of a distant putting green. Orioles second baseman Brian Roberts credits his MaxSights with boosting his batting average last season; Michelle Wie wore them during her professional...
...mass retailer that put Philippe Starck styles in dorm rooms comes another evolution of design, this time for the medicine cabinet. Called ClearRx, Target's new prescription-drug packaging system - originally conceived by a student at the School of Visual Arts in New York City - turns the traditional amber-colored cylinder on its head. ClearRx bottles are not only upside down but also flattened out, so patients can read labels without rotating the package. Colored rings - say, blue for Mom, green for Dad - help prevent mix-ups, and labels display crucial data, such as drug and dosage, clearly...
...That culture and its concurrent style is a movement rooted in American pop art that aims to make art accessible to all, an ideal evident in Frey’s decision to title each painting “The World According to…” According to Amber Musser, a Mather resident tutor and the curator of the exhibit, Frey has succeeded in bringing art alive for his audience. Viewers so far have been “intrigued about the Legos, had lots of fascination about the technical aspect, and felt they could...
...bring if they had power over the UC Concert Commission. Answers ranged from eccentric to old-school. If I had the power, I’d probably bring Elvis Costello…but something tells me that he’ll never be this year’s model. Amber J. Musser, GSAS (tentatively ’08) P.J. Harvey. I’ve had a lifelong obsession with her…I guess you could call it a girl crush. When she performs, she dances around the stage, and screams and moans. She’s got a more...