Word: know-how
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...digital world. It’s not just that I still prefer sending and receiving snail mail to e-mail. (Though, in my maturity, I have come to realize that the Winthrop House mailroom is no place for an alligator.) My lack of digital doodads and hi-tech know-how is unusual in a college student of the twenty-first century, I think, but I bare this burden with some degree of pride. Allow me to explain...
...John F. Kennedy, was a firm cold warrior, but his youthful idealism and energy made a strong impression on the generation just coming of age, particularly on March 1, 1961, when he founded the Peace Corps, which sent thousands of young people to Third World countries to share American know...
...secondhand stores by Japanese consumers, Bookoff is now opening additional outlets offering used clothing, jewelry, toys, furniture and computer hardware. There is no saihan law for those goods, leading Sakamoto's doubters to predict that these ventures will fail. He disagrees, arguing that the company's pricing and distribution know-how and entrepreneurial spirit provide an advantage no competitor can quickly replicate...
...Meng ’03, a history and literature concentrator in Adams House, is beginning her third and final semester as a columnist. She will emerge from thesis-induced hibernation to turn some of that interdisciplinary know-how onto issues that plague this fine institution, including an exposé of the Peoplesoft payroll system. She would like to take this opportunity to say (are you listening, payroll?) that she has still not gotten paid. Her column will continue to appear on alternate Mondays...
...What sets Phu Quoc's nuoc mam apart is its ingredients and the islanders' know-how. Unlike competitors in Thailand and the Philippines, Phu Quoc's factories use only ca com, or long-jawed anchovies, eschewing competitors' methods of mixing other kinds of fish in with the ca com. The three-meter-high fermentation vats are made with special woods, which lend their own unique flavor to the sauce. The island's nuoc mam is so famous it has inspired would-be sauciers in Vietnam and further afield to trade illicitly on its tangy reputation. Nguyen Thi Tinh, president...