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However, Stona shies away from this quick-and-easy characterization, claiming that it does not embody the whole listenership. Such a conclusion, it seems, would discount a younger audience which, at least anecdotally, listens to programs like Record Hospital (RH) or The Darker Side (TDS), a hip-hop show that broadcasts on Saturdays and Sundays...
While one might argue that secondary fields do not have significance—professional or otherwise, that is simply not the case (indeed, why have them if it were?). While some firms may discount them, others will take them into account. Secondary fields will be especially helpful for those pursuing careers in subject areas outside of their concentrations. For example, an English concentrator with economics as a secondary field might be seen as having an advantage over a Romance Language concentrator for an investment-banking job. While other factors do play a role, the demonstrated interest a secondary field indicates...
...Hypnôse, in France last summer on JCDecaux bus-shelter signs, cell-phone users with Bluetooth could download coupons for a sample. The supply ran out in three days. In the fall, British fashion retailer New Look used Hypertags, small electronic devices embedded in billboard panels that sent digital discount vouchers via infrared and Bluetooth technology to customers to spend immediately at nearby stores. Hypertag counts Procter & Gamble, Ford, Nike and Vodafone as clients. "It tends to be big companies who want to do exciting, above-the-line promotions," says Rachel Harker, one of the company's co-founders...
House leaders are also showing a new flexibility. "We're going to look at all alternatives," House Speaker Dennis Hastert, who voted yes on the Sensenbrenner bill, said two days after the Senate committee's action. "We're not going to discount anything right now. Our first priority is to protect the border. And we also know there is a need in some sections of the economy for a guest-worker program." House majority leader John Boehner has begun talking dismissively about the feasibility of the 700-mile fence that the House voted to build along the border...
...HoCo decided to nix the Corona design due to concerns that it would alienate freshmen who do not drink, according to HoCo co-chair Christopher S. Cullen ’07.This year HoCos purchased their freshman t-shirts together from a single vendor “for a significant discount,”according to Haan, who spearheads the College’s push to promote more collaboration between HoCos.As part of this collaboration initiative, HoCo chairs attended a leadership seminar in February, Haan said.“We’re hoping that because of getting started earlier...