Word: apartness
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...TIME: Is the island of Taiwan an independent, sovereign country? Chen: Of course, Taiwan is an independent, sovereign country. I think, apart from a very few, most Taiwanese people firmly believe that Taiwan is an independent, sovereign country...
...Proportion of Oreo eaters who take the cookies apart to eat the inside first...
...having created some definitive design benchmarks, while a sure sign of her eye, is not what has really given Prada her juice. What sets her apart is her disregard--in some cases, her open contempt--for the dictates of fashion. Whereas fashion expects an image to be constantly updated, Prada reportedly sank upwards of $100 million into projects that are supposed to be permanent, if not immutable: her architecturally pioneering stores in New York City (by Dutch brainiac Rem Koolhaas) and Tokyo (by the precise Swiss duo Herzog & De Meuron). Whereas common sense says a designer should design what...
What sets H&M apart from most competition is its lightning turnaround--a garment can move from design to hanger in just 20 days. (Only Zara can go faster--14 days--but its prices are 30% to 50% higher than H&M's. By comparison, Gap's minimum turnaround is three months, though almost all the merchandise is produced in nine.) As a result, H&M can add looks that weren't in its collections or increase quantities if an item takes off. For example, last fall, when mod miniskirts began to sell, H&M tripled the original order...
...neither shy nor wary that in building herself into a brand, there's a risk that, should it go wrong, it will be she who gets ripped apart. "You know one of the great things that just happened with Martha?" responds the woman dubbed "the next Martha" so often it is almost an adjunct to her name. "I always look at the brighter side and now I know exactly what not to do." Lee relishes what lies ahead. "I think there's always been a brand or an identity that people can relate to, whether it's Betty Crocker...