Word: ideaã
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Dates: during 2001-2001
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...gateway, but everything from Ed’s companionship-without-communication marriage to his job—mirrors notwithstanding, a customer doesn’t see a barber at work—means to firm up the point. The Coens make some uncharacteristically naked stabs at developing this idea??a young pianist remarks to Ed that she doesn’t mind errors at a recital if they go unobserved; Ed, eager to quit barbering and join the human race, even goes so far as to describe himself as a ghost, watching other people “struggling...
Qiviut: “I have no idea?? an implement used in putting shoes on horses...
Concentrating on the reasons behind the attacks and the implications of them, the characters present much in the way of opinions and information but little in the way of solutions. Seaborn advises the students, “Remember pluralism. Keep accepting more than one idea??it drives [extremists] crazy...
...made kings out of financiers and entrepreneurs. After all, less than a year before money had flowed everywhere, and it seemed the “dollar and a dream” was no fantasy—it was reality. Any bright-eyed dreamer or college drop-out with an idea??Sell books online! Deliver groceries over the web! A virtual petstore? Sure, why not?—could get millions (millions!) thrown at him. The American Dream! How quickly it could be realized...
...land grab rhetoric of 1998 and 1999. In the middle of Web hype fever, startups were going to take over the world in 18 months, and anyone who wasn’t burning cash by the barrel to get an early lead was dead meat. Consider Kozmo.com. Their idea??Web-based, immediate delivery of videos, food and certain household goods—certainly encountered strong demand, especially on college campuses like ours. But the company didn’t take steps to conserve cash and reach profitability. It instituted a minimum-order requirement only a few months before...