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...their White House tour, hoisted himself over the fence and was immediately and rather quietly handcuffed by officers who hustled him into a guard booth for questioning, believing for the moment that he was just a prankster. Funny? Perhaps in days gone by, when Eleanor Roosevelt could complain sweetly about couples parking on the untended White House drive for a little smooching. But no more...
...From users, who complain that some of Microsoft's mainstay products, like the latest version of Word for the Mac, have become bloated and sluggish, and that the company's first attempt to create a more "social" kind of software (the much ballyhooed Bob) was too condescending...
Gates claims not to understand such talk. Why, he asks in mock frustration, do people complain that he sells so much software? Is there something wrong with that? Should Microsoft just sit back and not make its products any better so that more people will buy from its competitors? Is that what it's all about...
Still, the designers know their power. "It's very common to hear 'Ralph [Lauren] had 25 pages. We had just 15,'" says an employee for a major designer. And the designer or the public relations agent turns up the heat. "First you complain to the editor," explains a publicist. "As a last resort, you go to the publishing side. You say, 'I just want you to know that our client is not getting the coverage he should be getting. We thought you'd want to know this before something happens.'" The publicist adds, "Today you know this call will...
...course, not everyone is sold on the superstores. Small independent bookshops complain that the national chains have encroached on their more personalized local businesses. Some book lovers too feel these commercial giants have spoiled things by turning book buying into a mass-market experience. "You hear the clanking of cups and people waiting for tables," says Susan Moriarty, a Denver-based travel writer. "It's all too frenzied. I don't want to get picked up in a bookstore. Bookshops," she adds, "used to be a private thing between you and a book." How quaint...