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...very unlikely that the book store could be sold to large corporation,” he said. “I’d think that our book store doesn’t fit into the cookie cutter mold very well...

Author: By Betsy L. Mead, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Longtime Owners To Sell Harvard Book Store | 6/1/2008 | See Source »

...morning) with Morning than with Children. The worst bits of Morning are probably worse than anything else you'll read this year, but Frey is such a relentlessly entertaining storyteller that you just won't care. Sure, the setups are formulaic (ironically, Frey makes fun of Hollywood's cookie-cutter plots, while his aren't much better), but the details are pure over-the-top pulp, and they go by so fast you don't have time to roll your eyes. Frey has a history of having a little too much fun with facts, among other controlled substances...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The New James Frey: A Review | 5/8/2008 | See Source »

...still a subculture, there was a lot more diverse set of music to offer,” Gordy says. “That people think there’s only this one type of music that can sell is ridiculous. [The contest] is in response to the cookie cutter, formulaic music we see today. Besides being misogynistic, honestly, it’s boring. This brings music that’s not only thought provoking, not only creative, but new and fresh...

Author: By Beryl C.D. Lipton and Rebecca A. Schuetz, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: A Bad Rap | 4/24/2008 | See Source »

...empire, but rugs are among the most practical pieces of furniture for the modern nomad looking to create a portable home. Originally designed to fit on pack animals, modest-sized rugs easily fold into airplane carry-on luggage; their irregular, hand-made patterns brighten up cookie-cutter hotel rooms; and as exotic gifts, they appease far-flung friends piqued by your absence from their wedding or the baptism of their child...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How to Buy an Oriental Rug | 4/18/2008 | See Source »

...list of advantages is the way Brooks manages its inventory. The company can put a new tie on the shelf, see how it sells and, if it's a runaway, make and ship more within days. At the factory, a tie starts at one end with a cutter like Ramirez and then works its way in a bundle of 50 down the football-field-size room. All 16 steps--including sewing the tie's blade to its tail, adding a lining, pressing the tip and turning the tie right side out--take about an hour. "The flexibility to reproduce something...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sewn in the U.S.A. | 4/17/2008 | See Source »

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