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...Radio Me: a station that knew my likes and dislikes so intimately, it could offer me new music that would hit my groove each time. This concept being something of a holy grail in the digital-music world, there has been an explosion of websites that offer music custom-made for you--among them radio.sonicnet.com (owned by MTV's online division), tuneto.com and mongomusic.com But be warned: most can be wrong as often as they are right...
...GENE LOGIC INC. PRESIDENT AND CEO: Mark D. Gessler FOUNDED: November 1994 EMPLOYEES: 250 WHAT IT DOES: Builds custom and nonproprietary gene-expression databases...
...amount of sleep could soften an unsigned opinion tossed over history's transom like a ransom note penned by Kafka. You have to wonder if the Supreme Court, instead of reading election results, is now in the business of making them. The court warned that its ruling was custom fit: "Our consideration is limited to the present circumstances...equal protection...generally presents many complexities." You bet it does: like flawed machines that disproportionately failed to record legally cast votes in inner-city precincts. Or the purging of voter rolls by a firm hired by Bush's brother that disproportionately disenfranchised...
...water, massive bands set with cabochon stones or carved with geometric symbols, open-work sculpted cuffs and graceful pendants. Trying on is encouraged as Morris likes to "make up my own rules" with her unique designs. Bracelets ($45-$300) or rings ($45-$80) are popular items as well as custom-made work. Morris, a student of the arts since childhood, graduated from The High School of Art & Design, and majored in set design at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts. She subsequently left school to pursue her passion for jewelry design and opened her own successful studio...
...probably 100 years old, and the sewing machine we sew hats on, called a setup machine, is a refurbished antique. You can't buy a new one; the machines are not manufactured anymore." Styles range from fedoras to cloches and are made for men and women. Although custom-made, most hats are under $200 and made with quality fabrics and timeless style. Feinman studied English at Vassar College, then spent almost 20 years in corporate jobs. On a lark she registered in a millinery class at the Fashion Institute of Technology, and 10 years later she had a career doing...