Word: forme
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Proof--in the form of a huge victory...
...felt people would respond to the stuff, and they have," says Jack Feldman, who with Jim Wolrod and Fred Schneider (former singer with the B-52's) owns Form and Function in New York City. The store, open since June, is a gallery of chaste-but-playful pieces from the era. "We stock pieces from California designers like Greta Grossman that most people have never heard of, but who designed for the Case Study houses, and they've been flying out the door," he says. Even failures from the period are being revived. Telstar, a tiny start-up company...
...exaggerating, but he's probably right. The best houses and designs of the era stripped away all that was extraneous, somehow enhancing the natural grace of the form that was left. The houses are shelters instead of enclosures; residents dwell in them while dwelling simultaneously in the outside environment. There are fewer elements in the open plan of the houses, but each has purpose. And instead of adding bulk, the steel enables rooms, staircases and mezzanines to float, and spaces to take on unique forms...
...your favorite CEO really in charge? Sandy Weill has engineered a tenfold stock gain while at the helm of Travelers Group and its predecessor companies since the mid-'80s. But last month Travelers merged with Citicorp to form Citigroup. Weill now serves as co-CEO with John Reed in an unwieldy structure that is slowing the integration of the two companies and frustrating top deputies. Underscoring that point, Weill protege and presumed heir Jamie Dimon was forced to resign last week. The co-CEO thing won't last, and my bet is that Weill will emerge...
Arsenic, the poison of choice in murder mysteries, may have a kinder, gentler role: treating cancer. A pilot study shows that when arsenic is given in low doses to patients with a rare form of leukemia known as APL, nearly all go into remission. The treatment has fewer side effects than conventional chemotherapy...