Word: coos
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...your DVD player after Junior's arrival: movie matinees that welcome babies. Marc Allenby of Picturehouse Cinemas, which offers the Huggies Big Scream in 18 U.K. locations, says, "In one sense it can seem like hell on earth-you have people changing nappies in the aisle, shaking rattles and coo-cooing. And then Loh and Behold Avant-garde murals and imaginative furnishings characterise a new Singapore hotel Identity Parade An iconic style magazine marks its quarter century Summits of Style Esoteric treatments in a minimalist setting A Starflyer Is Born In-flight comfort with an internet connection in every seat...
...headquarters in Seattle, the staff has deliberately developed a culture of self-criticism--or "friction," as they call it. The main sources are Bill and Melinda. "We'll have friction here until the day those two die," says COO Mathews. Presenting to them, says Greg Shaw, director of the Pacific Northwest program, is like arguing in front of the Supreme Court. "They really go after where you feel most vulnerable...
...Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization (GAVI) to immunize children in poor countries. Norway pledged $290 million over five years. But every time he spoke to a reporter about his donation, Bill Gates mentioned Norway. "We aimed to have Norway in paragraph one or two in every story," says foundation COO Mathews. This month Norway announced it would give close to $1 billion over 10 years. "When I'm speaking to the press, I'm thinking, Who are the people I should praise?" says Bill. In our interviews he repeatedly mentioned pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline and, well, Norway...
...Good Luck, North Country and Syriana came out of Participant's partnership with Warner Bros. Entertainment (a division of Time Warner, which owns TIME). "I know these movies carry more risk than something like Dukes of Hazzard, but they are movies with a purpose," says Warner Bros. president and coo Alan Horn. Although Horn is also actively involved in myriad political and social causes, he was able to partner with Skoll because of the entrepreneur's willingness to put up half the money and assume half the risk, which made the partnership more appealing...
...most popular, if harrowing, sleep techniques. Recalcitrant sleepers are left shrieking in their cribs for progressively longer periods at night so as to learn to soothe themselves. Deeply conflicted parents are instructed to ignore howls and wails until the allotted moment, at which point they can coo at--but not pick up--their babies before leaving them to suffer themselves to sleep. For parents who successfully Ferberize, the method is a godsend, if by way of purgatory. Even fans shudder at the recollection of those tear-stained nights, when every fiber of their bodies called them to console their unhappy...