Word: avidity
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...took decades, but Disney (and then Warner) hit on a bright idea: eliminate the middleman and market directly to an avid public. In malls throughout the U.S. and around the world, the 268 Disney Stores and the 67 owned by Warner sell not just the usual T shirts and gewgaws but the whole corporate cartoon experience, once removed. These outpost embassies for the Magic Kingdom and Warner's more raucous cartoon realm are more than stores: they are fun fairs, playgrounds, date destinations, suburban social centers...
Most classes were canceled during that monthand student strikes blocked avid learners fromentering the few classes that were still beingheld...
...avid tennis player, Roosevelt made forays insquash, football and a variety of sports he hadnever before played--including fencing--in orderto win the Intramural Championships for Weld Hall...
...central-bank job, which paved the way for his appointment as Budget Minister and later Education Minister under Salinas. These days he lives in a comfortable though not ostentatious house in Mexico City, a far cry from his childhood home. With his own five children, Zedillo is an avid mountain biker. Though he has been dismissed as nothing more than a smart technocrat, "it's very difficult to get to Zedillo's level without political talent," says Susan Purcell, vice president of the Americas Society in New York City. "He's intelligent -- and a genuine democrat...
...these avid knitting buffs, nothing quite compares to creating their own clothing from scratch. Gaither values her knitwork as "wearable...