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Defying the “rabble” of Mass. Ave., wrote Alfred J. Barr, the “beautiful” factory stood in stark contrast to the “sad gray walls of Technology” and “the monstrous rear of the Widener library...
...Robed in rich yellow brick,” and crowned by a smokestack that Barr compared to an Italian basilica, the Necco factory united the three ideals coined by the earliest Roman architect: Venustas, architectural beauty; Firmitas, “exquisite structural virtuosity;” and Utilitas—usefulness—the trait that made the building “genuinely modern...
...Novartis’ plans for the factory will restore the building to the position that Alfred J. Barr first envisioned...
...clear off the field at MSN Shopping. The site's searchable database includes only products of 160 top-tier merchants, such as Dell and Sharper Image. Though MSN has experimented with revenue-sharing deals, it prefers dollars for clicks because of the greater predictability of the revenue, says Jim Barr, MSN Shopping's general manager. A typical deal might generate 25[cents] per click for a guaranteed 8 million clicks a year, or $2 million from a single merchant. Similarly, AOL's shopping area will expose you to only about 250 merchants, mainly leaders in their categories...
...Barr said she enjoyed a discussion with student researchers...