Word: langere
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...entitlement that had its roots in the prosperity of the 1950s and '60s. In these more parlous times, there is an undeniable tempering of wanton consumption, but affluent baby boomers cannot cast off the experiences of a lifetime merely by switching outfits at the Gap. As marketing consultant Judith Langer puts it, "Values don't change overnight. Life-styles don't change overnight...
Hooley represents the department's first tenure offer to a junior professor already at the University in almost 10 years. In 1981, Ellen J. Langer accepted a similar post...
...Steven Langer, a compensation expert for a consulting firm, discussing why Harvard's two top salary-earners--venture capital managers Michael Eisenson and Scott M. Sperling--each took home more than $1 million in the 1988-89 fiscal year...
...this, thank the Ladenschlussgesetz. Basically, shop hours are 8 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, and 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday. On the first Saturday of every month -- "langer Samstag," or long Saturday -- they may stay open all day, although they don't have to. Sundays, almost everything is closed. In East Germany the hours are more liberal but, of course, there hasn't been much to buy in the past...
...solve the problem, Langer and his colleagues reconfigured the structure of polymers to enable drugs to be dispensed in measured doses. Explains Langer: "Because its route is so tortuous, the drug gets out, but slowly." Langer is now testing an injectable system for diabetics in which enzymes sensitive to glucose in the bloodstream are placed in microscopic polymers along with insulin. The drug is released through the complex, porous polymer structure. Because the solubility of insulin increases in the presence of glucose, the more glucose in the blood, the more drug is released. This "intelligent" method represents a potential revolution...