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...What else can brands do combat this recession? They can play off something I call instant justification. When the buyer from the family goes out and buys this Louis Vuitton bag, it's actually hard to remove the guilt factor when she's in the store. She now has to come home and justify to her husband why she bought this during a recession. And when you look at the curve of guilt, the biggest spike is maybe seconds after you bought that bag, because the only thing you are thinking about is how to justify the purchase. So what...
Once Bitten While Germany has learned the lessons of creative destruction the hard way, the government still believes it has a critical role to play in industry. Just this month, the fate of Opel, the German subsidiary of General Motors, has been at the top of the political agenda. Government ministers are refusing to loan the billions the carmaker says it needs to survive - and even imposing conditions on would-be buyers, which include Fiat. (See the 50 worst cars of all time...
...there may be more to come. Sondheim's "nibbling" at a couple of new shows with his two longtime collaborators, John Weidman and James Lapine, and is writing an annotated retrospective of his lyrics. But breaking fresh ground can be hard going, says Sondheim, whose latest work, Road Show - based on the lives of huckster brothers behind Florida's ill-fated 1920s real-estate boom - was more than a decade in the making. "You think every time you pick up your pencil it's going to be a little bit easier, but it isn't," he says...
...variability has been an issue in the past. “Some graders are willing to put in more effort, but others will just rush through,” Ge said. “Hopefully, hiring fewer workers will make sure that the graders are more willing to work hard.” Because each grader will be expected to work more nights, the number of students per grader will remain the same, said Ge. Though graders said they thought the reforms were well-intentioned, some expressed concern over the staff reduction. “I just hope...
...meter bar. “Nico’s really a competitor,” Saretsky said. “He’s got a great perspective of what this meet means. The conditions weren’t ideal, but he got after it and competed hard.” Sophomore Jessica Fronk also surpassed the NCAA-qualifying mark in the javelin—though she was already qualified from an earlier meet—with a throw of 44.32. Senior Evan Favermann followed with a 21st-place toss of 37.27 meters. —Staff writer Dixon McPhillips...