Word: execs
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...wants a deputy with more business savvy to see those programs completed. England's predecessor, Paul Wolfowitz, preferred strategizing grand operations like the Iraq war over managing the nuts and bolts of the department, which is what a deputy defense chief traditionally does. England, a seasoned defense-industry exec who helped develop the F-16 fighter, isn't a neocon ideologue like Wolfowitz and has cultivated warmer relations with Congress. In 2002 he helped save billions of dollars by combining the Navy and Marine Corps aviation programs, and he has been given politically sensitive duties, notably overseeing the Pentagon...
Launch a left-wing talk-radio network in a medium ruled by the bully pulpiteers of the right? They said it couldn't be done. Air America Radio exec Jon Sinton recalls the loud whispers before last year's start-up: "They said, 'Liberals aren't funny or engaging. A concept of a liberal network is stupid...
...past few years, in contrast with half a dozen still using the old tracks. "Banked track is the sport of dinosaurs," says flat-track pioneer Lacy Attuso, a.k.a. Whiskey L'Amour of the Texas Rollergirls in Austin. "We're the new wave." Attuso, who is a p.r. exec by day, says the Rollergirls are creating "a coalition of the willing" that will hash out official flat-track rules in Chicago this summer. And the league's inaugural meeting comes none too soon. "The injury rate in flat track is extremely high," warns Tim Patten, owner of the old-school...
...walking example of this style. "I like to wear jeans and a Juicy Couture tank top with a special piece," she says. "Head to toe in a fancy outfit doesn't look modern. And price is no longer the determinant of style." That from a senior exec at Chanel? "Well, you either want something superexpensive with beautiful detailing, or you want something that's hip and disposable. What does the well-made, kind of nice stuff in the middle mean anymore...
...Chanel Inc., likes the mix. "I like to wear jeans and a Juicy Couture tank top with a special piece," she says. "Head to toe in a fancy outfit doesn't look modern. And price is no longer the determinant of style." This from a senior exec at Chanel? "Well, you either want something super-expensive with beautiful detailing or you want something that's hip and disposable. What does the well-made, kind of nice stuff in the middle mean anymore?" Not so much when it comes to the Dolce & Gabbana customer. "When we offer a shoe in leather...