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...wake up and smell the coffee at Starbucks. That's the lament of Howard Schultz, the founder and chairman of the ubiquitous java chain, in an internal memo that recently became external. In this wistful missive, Schultz fretted that, because coffee is delivered in flavor-locked packaging, the atmosphere had changed, the romance evaporated; the Starbucks "experience" of baristas grinding beans, pulling expresso shots and hand-crafting beverages had been automated away by machines that can knock out an expresso with the press of a button...
...watching all these developments closely is Bigelow, a Las Vegas icon whom many compare with the early Howard Hughes, the aircraft enthusiast who started TWA, although Bigelow, who is in his 60s, isn't as eccentric, probably. Yes, in 1995, he founded the now defunct National Institute for Discovery Science to investigate paranormal activity and alien abductions, principally because his grandparents claimed to have had a close encounter with a UFO. But in 2002 he licensed exclusive rights to NASA's canceled TransHab inflatable habitat and set to work creating his own commercial space stations and hotels. Last July Genesis...
...have to start something to make a difference. You may be able to work with a group targeting the same needs. "Putting in 10 hours a week is no small thing and shouldn't be minimized," says Howard Husock, director of the social entrepreneur program at the Manhattan Institute, a think tank that promotes civic innovation. You also may be able to do your own thing within an existing nonprofit with a related mission. This could speed your launch, reduce overhead and leave open the possibility of a spin-off down the road...
...their science and it’s been a disaster,” Connolly said. “We can’t trust this industry for self-regulation.” A study published last month by Connolly and colleagues Hillel R. Alpert, Geoffrey F. Wayne, and Howard Koh showed an increase in the level of nicotine found in cigarettes across all brands and types from 1998 through 2005. Nicotine levels rose by an average of 1.6 percent annually over the seven-year period, according to the study, accumulating an 11 percent increase over the course of the entire...
...that he was already giving up his long-shot campaign. "If all the attention is on Obama and Clinton now and they do damage themselves, why, it's really hard to say. People come from behind," says Pat Harms, 73, a retired librarian in northwest Iowa who voted for Howard Dean during the last Iowa caucuses...