Word: customizers
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...Mantegna), his brother’s son, and what he finds is far from his expectations: random strangers don’t like being accosted by random old men who offer them a bite of their salami…apparently that’s just not an American custom...
...surface, it’s a brilliant idea. One of the many civilized and enlightened customs of this university. And who is not seduced by the perfectly pressed tablecloths, the sparkling glasses and plates, each set with care, the silverware correctly arranged? On a board to the side shine bottles of red and white wine. The atmosphere is festive, the dining hall we know as a humble, daily stage of our lives is transformed. Really, the effort that Harvard University Dining Services (HUDS) puts into each semester’s student-faculty dinner is quite unbelievable. And it pays...
...doctor qualified to prescribe antipsychotic drugs and other medications that could have calmed mentally ill detainees and perhaps diminished the guards' use of physical restraints. Often the only psychiatrists or psychologists on site were part of so-called behavioral-science consultation teams, or "biscuits," which monitored interrogations and custom-designed methods to make them more effective. Those specialists do not function as physicians, the Army says...
...office photocopying. Kodak's machines can be 40 ft. long and cost from $11,000 to $5.5 million. Its pricey Versamark, for example, produces color prints in huge volume--at a rate of 1,000 ft. per minute. The magic: digital technology makes it possible to economically print custom copies of anything at almost any volume--books, flyers, bills. "It's a reasonable thing for Kodak to do," says Jack Kelly, an analyst with Goldman Sachs. "The competition isn't as vicious." Barbara Pellow, chief marketing officer of Kodak's Graphic Communications Group, points out that the customers Kodak will...
That three newcomers suddenly hold such sway over the future of haute couture--the handcrafted, custom-made clothes that purists consider fashion's highest art form--was just one of many reminders last week of the fashion industry's turmoil. And the dislocations are by no means confined to the rarefied levels of couture. Tremors are shaking up ready-to-wear too. In the late 1990s luxury groups like Gucci and Prada began snapping up stakes in labels by ultracool but often young and untested designers. Now the money men are losing patience and no longer want to wait...