Word: hems
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...girls. Her wool jersey knits make a classy transition from the office to after work; and stretch velvets work for every day as well as parties and nightclubbing. An elegant emerald green glitter tank dress ($109) and its matching self-tie jacket with lettuce edging along the sleeves and hem ($79) can be coordinated with an emerald green velvet ensemble in girls' sizes from infant ($25/dress and $25/jacket) to 10-year-old ($65/dress and $39/jacket). The fabrication used in the girls' line is the same as the women's line, making stylish possibilities for distinctive "mother-daughter" ensembles. James' girls...
...real person," he said, nodding his head, impressed. And there it was, one of the strangest things about the trail: Repeatedly the smallest thing - a nod, a hello, a handshake - blows people away. For all my time on the trail, I still don't understand the "I touched the hem of his garment!" reaction people have to politicians...
...seller of its category: Change isn't everything; it's the only thing. Embrace change; don't fight it. What's different about the book, and what explains its vast appeal, perhaps, is its kindergarten imagery. There's cheese, see, which represents what people--in this case characters named Hem and Haw--truly, deeply desire. People get frustrated when the cheese is moved. Instead of standing around and griping, though, people need to get busy finding new cheese, like the mouse characters in the book, Sniff and Scurry. Get it? Of course you do. You already knew...
...management consultant Bill Dunk: "The increasing raft of books in the pop-psychology area attests to how extraordinarily stressful business has become in the Internet age." One of the basic tenets of Cheese is that people think too much, unlike their rodent cousins, who act instinctively, without resentment. While Hem and Haw rationalize their loss of cheese, the mice go in search of new cheese, sending out resumes, so to speak, the moment they get their pink slips...
...read more than 100 and optioned six, but couldn't decide which one to do. "I could tell after reading the script with him that he'd do it, but it took more than a month for a definite yes," says Beach director Danny Boyle. "He does kind of hem and haw." Once he started making the film, DiCaprio spent hours reshooting scenes and redubbing voice-overs. "I would do a movie for a year if I could, and do as many takes as I can," he says. "I'm indecisive. It isn't my strongest character trait." Even...