Word: cubical
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Home shopping, the ultimate in couch-potato marketing, seemed, at its cable- TV debut a decade ago, to be the natural successor to the shopping mall. But years of selling such schlock as silver bracelets and cubic-zirconia rings, plus a series of scandals, mired the medium at the low end of the retail business, even as it grew to gross about $2.2 billion a year. Recently, though, home shopping has spiffed up its image, thanks in part to media mogul Barry Diller. Since joining QVC as chairman six months ago, Diller has buffed the industry's reputation by luring...
...Jugoskandik failure remains a mystery. While some news reports said the bank held $2 billion in deposits, Vasiljevic has scoffed at that figure. "Do you know how much volume $2 billion would have?" Vasiljevic demanded during a TIME interview in the Israeli town of Herzlia. "It's about 86 cubic meters. We had $68 million in the bank...
...which is currently seen in 45 million homes. (A second QVC-owned service, the Fashion Channel, is seen in 10.5 million.) "If you're looking for sweaters," he says, "you need to be able to find sweaters." He wants to upgrade the product line -- more high-end electronics, less cubic zirconium -- and eventually to introduce self-contained programs. He has been contacted by everyone from top designers like Donna Karan and Calvin Klein to Roseanne Barr (who wants to market a line of large-size women's clothing). They would join such current QVC pitchpeople as Diane Von Furstenberg...
Officials project the Agnes Maun addition will add 3,900 cubic feet of space to house the museum's collection of drawings and prints...
Harvard planning officials said the zoning laws do not require the University to meet parking demand. Harvard must only provide one space per 1,600 cubic feet built after...