Word: lateraling
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...show off clothing they don't expect anyone to buy. But runway shows aren't intended to sell individual items; they're about publicity, prestige and the overall feel of a designer's collection. Every seasonal collection has a theme - nautical, rustic, Victorian, gingham, clowns - that is later translated into more wearable items sold in boutiques and department stores. The colors, fabrics and overall aesthetic will remain true to the collection, but most of the more bizarre features - like the time Isaac Mizrahi sent his models down the runway with purses on their heads - will disappear...
...suddenly unsure of where the U.S. stands on a global deal. What they want to avoid is a replay of the negotiations over the Kyoto Protocol back in 1997 - the U.S., led by then Vice President Al Gore, agreed to long-term carbon-emission reductions, only to be repudiated later 95-0 by the U.S. Senate...
...very accessible and patient.” Ramaswamy said that Melitz has given the course a strong “global perspective” and has “laid the foundation for some of the more specific models” that will be used later in the semester. Melitz has written two papers with International Trade Economics Professor Elhanan Helpman and is currently working with Pakes on research pertaining to international involvement in the growth of manufacturing in Eastern Europe after the fall of the Berlin Wall. “I had some very strong ties with colleagues here...
...million deficit in a few years is a huge challenge for any huge institution, even ours,” Smith said at yesterday’s forum. “Anything we can get in the early years will leave more room for us in the later years, as well as provide a cushion so we can make larger changes...and give us time to thoughtfully adapt...
...with al-Qaeda. The first shots in what became known as the war on terror were fired by Somalia-based militants when they blew up the U.S. embassies in Nairobi and Dar es Salaam in Tanzania on Aug. 7, 1998, killing 213 and 11 people, respectively. But Afghanistan, and later Pakistan, became the focus of the militant Islamic threat after al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden moved himself and his main base of operations there in 1996, after he was expelled from Sudan, eventually to perpetrate the attacks of 9/11. (See pictures of the life of Osama bin Laden...