Word: hugeness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...hangar-like lightness, strength and frugality of consumption that came out brilliantly in such projects as his 1981 design for the airport at Stansted in England. Earlier airports had massive concentrations of ductwork above their ceilings for air conditioning, lighting and electrical services; Foster rethought this completely and realized huge savings in structural mass and energy consumption could be made by shifting the utilities underground, leaving a floating roof and walls that could open to natural daylight. This changed architects' thinking about airport design worldwide, and every major airport built since--Hamburg, Stuttgart, Kuala Lumpur--has followed Foster's design...
...took the pros years to catch on, maybe these companies are more valuable than the revised opinions as well. I wouldn't get carried away with this logic. EBay at 7,600 times earnings a share (market average: 28) is a huge leap. There are good reasons to hop the Internet rocket. But do it on pullbacks, with a fund or basket of stocks--and money you can afford to lose...
...with viruses like Melissa and Happy99.exe. And at Microsoft's very core, its next-generation operating system, Windows 2000, is MIA. The long-promised Windows overhaul, due months ago, might not even reach consumers by the millennium. The company has apparently just discovered that home users are a huge market; rather than force an industrial-strength operating system on housewives and schoolkids, it will give them a retooled Windows 98 stopgap in the fall. Whoopee...
...graduate of a technical high school, Kim has brought engineering smarts to a low-tech business. Curbside shoe repairmen are still a common sight in Korea, so Kim's store is a shock to many customers. It is stocked with a huge array of heels, soles and polishes. Shoes Kim has miraculously salvaged sit out on display. Up by the front window is the computer he uses to track orders and customers. Boasts Kim: "They are surprised when I tell them I programmed it myself...
...American Antiquarian Society Library, Worcester, Mass. Huge holdings include newspapers from 1704 to 1820 and 75% of all 1st and 2nd century American printing. gopher://mark.mwa.org...