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...consider this scenario: You have to meet someone in New York City but don't know where to meet him or when. You cannot talk to the other person ahead of time. Where do you go, and when? The collective wisdom overwhelmingly answered: the Grand Central Terminal information booth, at noon. (Surowiecki admits, "If you put pairs of people from Manchuria down in the middle of New York City and told them to meet each other, it's unlikely any of them would manage to meet. But the fact that the shared reality is cultural makes it no less real...
...computer game you couldn't avoid at the big Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) in Los Angeles last week was The Sims 2. Its booth was front and center in the main hall, and it stood out like a Philip Roth novel atop a pile of Tom Clancy paperbacks...
...London Elevate your love by exchanging vows aboard the London Eye. For around $3,050, you can hire a booth and say "I do" at the top of the biggest of big wheels, 135 m above the River Thames. Your matrimonial capsule will hold up to 21 wedding guests, but additional pods may be hired for around $540 each. www.ba-londoneye.com
...vanity is spreading, and the only clear conclusion is that retailers are reaping the benefits. But for the fashion-inclined, it’s nice to see otherwise nerdy Harvard males emerge from the stacks of Widener and get a little sun, or some UV rays from the tanning booth...
...boyish CEO will hand over day-to-day duties to his No. 2, Kevin Rollins, in July but will still be thinking of new ways to scare his competitors. "He's rare in the tech industry," says UBS Securities IT analyst Ben Reitzes. "He gets it." --By Cathy Booth Thomas...