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Coming up with exciting designs will be crucial to Ford's success. Until recently, with the exception of a new Mustang, an instant hit, Ford has failed to produce cars that have energized the market. Peter Horbury, the company's director of design and Volvo's former design chief, whom Ford brought to Detroit in 2004, was stunned by Ford Motor's rulebound ways. "I told the designers to just get on with what they were doing," he says, "and they looked at me terrified, like, What does that mean?" The designers were so used to following orders that Horbury...
Some professors have suggested “instant implementation” for the new distribution requirements, meaning that students starting with the Class of 2007 would have the choice between completing the requirements of the Core or fulfilling a simpler distribution system. But the Faculty has yet to discuss that proposal in great depth...
...thought about this possibility further while having lunch with a few friends recently, ladies of course. One girl was relating how she had wickedly terrorized a lad on instant messenger the night before. That was only after we had figured out just exactly what her crush’s aloof demeanor in Lamont the other day really mean. It was during this conversation when I realized that even if we have real estate, dating advice, and reproduction covered, only boys can provide the drama that inspires our all too often romantic ruminations...
...interested in knowing what the dining halls will be serving tomorrow—but too lazy to check page 4 of this newspaper or the Harvard University Dining Services (HUDS) web site? An anonymous user of AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) has come to the rescue. An AIM user who claims to be a Leverett House computer science concentrator has created a program that places menu at the tips of hungry students’ fingers. The program, called “YummyFoodBot,” automatically responds to instant messages by spitting back information obtained from the HUDS website. It comes...
...only makes it worse because they're not taking care of their brain by getting enough sleep." How common is this phenomenon? "It's rampant," says Hallowell, who believes that corporate downsizing and job insecurity contribute to the problem. "When I give lectures around the country, there's always instant identification with what I'm saying. People in the audience immediately say, 'Oh, yes, that's me,' or, 'My whole office is like that...