Word: lasting
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...repairman calmly walked into the company's Honolulu office and allegedly shot seven co-workers to death, the nightmare replayed itself in Seattle. This time the suspect was a camouflaged gunman in his 30s who fatally shot two men at a shipyard and then escaped. Both incidents--along with last July's trading-floor massacre in Atlanta, where an investor killed nine people before turning the gun on himself--attracted extensive live coverage on TV news channels. Anyone tuning in could be forgiven for thinking that the U.S. is in the grip of an epidemic of workplace homicides. Says Barry...
...moment when fashion designers increasingly steal the flashbulbs for themselves, Katayone Adeli is a rare designer who has survived--and thrived--on word of mouth alone. She does no advertising for her line, holds no runway shows and shuns the press and the party circuit. Yet last year her 2 1/2-year-old label did $20 million in sales and netted her a nomination for the Perry Ellis Award for new talent given by the Council of Fashion Designers of America. "The customer has found me," she says. "It has definitely become a cult following." One enthusiast is Gwyneth Paltrow, who recently...
BILL CLINTON Last minute Philly visit helps elect Dem mayor. Other Dems win. House takeover...
...hire someone to oversee women's outreach, to put together a network of grassroots female opinion leaders. And for months, they have been told there was no money for it, or that the timing simply wasn't right. After one splashy luncheon with 1,200 women in Washington last September, the campaign's effort to mobilize women largely fizzled. Meanwhile, polls kept showing Gore trailing GEORGE W. BUSH among crucial female voters. "I understand the frustration," a Gore adviser conceded. "It happens all the time...
...threefold increase in the past decade alone," says Bonnie VanDorn of the Association of Science-Technology Centers. What's more, 40% of them plan to open new facilities or expand existing ones in the next three years. Already completed is the California Science Center in Los Angeles, launched last year. Two other major overhauls open next month, in Kansas City, Mo., and St. Paul, Minn. Each cost more than $100 million...