Word: ideas
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...idea of a Prada takeover of Gucci would have seemed risible 20 years ago, when Gucci was among the world's great brands and Prada was a leather-goods firm with a boutique in one of Milan's historic shopping arcades. But since Prada and Bertelli united--in marriage and business--in 1987, they have turned a respectable business into fashion's most watched house. They added footwear, women's ready-to-wear, a younger collection called Miu Miu, menswear, underwear and sportswear. Prada's design sense has made her the most influential designer of the decade, with a ripple...
...before. "These fires are burning into virgin, humid forests that have evolved without fire," says Nels Johnson of Washington's World Resources Institute. "There is no historical precedent for the fires in the cloud forests of the Lacondon region of Mexico." Fire storms in the rain forests--the very idea defies common sense--have become an unmistakable distress signal from the developing world...
Inherent within this idea of a "new, cold conservatism" masquerading as apathy is the idea that conservatives on campus conspired to so mask it. You give us too much credit, dear Crimson. Republicans at Harvard exist only on virtual e-mail lists. We don't even have enough people at meetings to share a pizza. We are not organized. We don't sit around plotting ways to take over the campus and secretly infiltrate a socially-conscious Harvard with the seeds of selfishness and greed...
...that is fine with me. They're paying me well, and the stuff I'm dealing with is interesting. I'm researching the idea of offering classes over the Internet. It is a relatively new idea, and it puts me on the cutting edge of technology. Plus, I get to play on Netscape...
...sexually abused. He also suggests, though, that as a whole this group tends to be healthier, more inquisitive and "more realistic" than the older generation. That bodes well for Pinsky's aim to change the world. "We're not glamourizing sex; we are confronting behavior," he says emphatically. "The idea is to climb into their culture. I'll take any punch. I'm just grateful I'm welcomed...