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...catch up with what some of our fashion-oriented consumers were purchasing elsewhere," says Frankfort. "It's meant to be in style today and at the same time tomorrow's classic." As brand renovations go, Coach's has been heroic. The company went public in October, cutting the cord from parent Sara Lee Corp., a cheesecake-and-underwear conglomerate. The stock price has more than doubled. It fairly trumpeted its third-quarter results, tooting that compared with last year, profits were up 156%, to $7.8 million on sales of $131 million. From here, Frankfort wants to use the same model...
Nicolelis is convinced that this system will work for humans - an interface that might allow paralyzed people, who generally have healthy limbs that they are unable to use due to spinal cord damage (which prevents brain signals from reaching their limbs), to control their own biological limbs. It could also give people extended senses, allowing them to have virtual limbs in cyberspace or robotic limbs in the physical world. "The brain knows that it has an arm and a hand because it is connected to these things and gets feedback from them," Nicolelis says. "The same could be true...
...have at least $5,000, you can leave the money in your employer's plan until you decide what to do. And you can usually transfer the funds to another company's 401(k) once you land that new job. But most displaced workers would rather just cut the cord with their former employer...
...Henry Pleasants described it as "microgenic" - was made for the studio mike. With a mellow baritone that got richer as it aged, he gave an FM sonority to AM radio. It was a modern, all- American sound; as Crosby's record producer Ken Barnes said, "Bing cut the silver cord to Europe...
...custom in some parts of West Africa to plant a seed when a child is born. The seed is buried deep in the ground along with the umbilical cord. It takes root, slowly growing into the sturdiness of a coconut or a mango or a kola-nut tree. The tree is the certificate that proves this child existed in this village. It is stability in a region that has been rent by war for more than a decade. In its shade, no fighting, no hurt should come...