Word: core
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...Hard-core outdoors enthusiasts still prefer to rough it, but a growing number of families look for comfort first when they head for the hills. As the summer season heats up, car campers are pulling into the nation's parks bearing high-tech tents and other gear to keep the rain away and bugs at bay. Here are some of the cool new tools they're packing Bowled Over This lightweight Orikaso dinnerware travels flat to save space and folds into cups, bowls and plates of various sizes. At a few dollars apiece, they're reusable (and thus environmentally friendly...
...through the fabric of your core as a company, you might make trade-offs. For example, organic ingredients cost us more money. We didn't raise our price. We wanted more consumers to have access to organic ingredients. We sucked it up, and our sales ended up taking off. Clif Bar's revenue was flat for about four years. We put organic ingredients in there, and the sales went up 35%. But we didn't know; we took a leap of faith. In fact, we did a focus group five years ago--said to our consumers, "Would you buy more...
Bok—who has written widely on curricular reform and was at the University’s helm when the current Core curriculum was adopted—has said that he will offer his thoughts on general education to the committee if asked, but stressed that he will not impose himself on the process...
...public outpouring in Italy when his grandfather died, with top political leaders and ordinary citizens flocking to the wake and funeral, sealed the family's decision to commit to Fiat's future - even if it meant the hard work of selling assets, overhauling management and reinvesting in the core company, hardly the typical Italian way of doing business. "This country paid a great tribute to my grandfather," Elkann said. "It was a family feeling to respond." Though it unfolds like a Victorian play, Elkann insists that his ascendancy to the Fiat throne was "very natural." Born in New York City...
...DECEMBERUNDERGROUND Now that this once tiny hard-core band is a chart topper, you'd think AFI would be a little less miserable. It isn't, and its fans (the adorably named Despair Faction) love the group for it. But no matter, since AFI's relentless verbal gloom is trumped by huge glittering hooks. Miss Murder swaggers by with such confidence that if you block out the lyrics ("Miss Murder can I/ Make beauty stay if I/ Take my life?"), you might convince yourself that lead singer Davey Havok sounds a little happy. But good luck convincing the Despair Faction...