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...strolled through the Yard this weekend, I came upon a freshman dormitory wrapped entirely in plastic--clearly the work of the conceptualist artist and '70s icon, "Christo," who is better known for having enclosed a small Pacific island and the London Bridge entirely in Gore-tex...
...tent' has become the Gore-tex puptent, sealed tight with room for only a few," saidWilliams, in reference to the inclusionaryparadigm proposed by former Republican NationalCommittee chair Lee Atwater...
...DuPont, Texas Instruments and AT&T are all trying to nurture intrapreneurs. Even smaller companies are trying to catch the spirit. At W.L. Gore & Associates, a privately held firm in Delaware founded by the husband- and-wife team of Wilbert and Genevieve Gore, the employees, or "associates" as they are called, are grouped into teams of no more than 150 to 200 people to encourage new and different ideas and products. One such team developed GORE-TEX, a line of insulating fabrics used in space suits, tents and ski jackets. Gore also makes antipollution filters, desalinization products and artificial veins...