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...really that easy? Burberry has had triple-digit growth since it started its makeover, but the creative director who was applying the hipness lift left last month by what the company described as "mutual agreement" and was replaced by a designer from Gucci. The signature plaid has been knocked off more often than a milk bottle at a carnival booth...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hard Ball: Dusting Off Fashion's Old Bags | 6/25/2001 | See Source »

...with a not-horribly-offensive flower on the front and escaped from card hell. Then I made a beeline for the nearest stationery store, where I gathered an armful of plain, heavy Crane's notecards and envelopes. As I stood in line with my selections, I felt a weight lift: Never again will I depend on America's greeting card manufacturers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Decline of the Greeting Card: We Care Enough to Send Their Very Worst | 6/20/2001 | See Source »

...never watched. We'll be on the porch or at the kitchen table, the atmosphere outwardly casual yet tense, when I'll mention, out of the blue, that I once drank too much and that it taught me some things I'd like to share with her. She'll lift her lovely, clear eyes and ask me, "What things?" At which point, I'll choke and wish I hadn't started this. Do I owe her a full confession, complete with mugshots, or just an outline? Perhaps I'll just say this: "Don't drink, you hear...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What Do You Tell The Kids? | 6/18/2001 | See Source »

...course, top-to-bottom rankings also provide a method for identifying and rewarding strong performers and encouraging everyone to work harder and smarter. "Management has to lift everyone up, not just use the process to brand and target people," says Edward Jensen, a partner in the Atlanta office of Accenture, formerly Andersen Consulting...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Rank And Fire | 6/18/2001 | See Source »

...Phoenix Country Day School, where she taught. Though she later wondered what sharing her life with a sightless person would be like, she quickly realized that Erik was well equipped to cope with his dark world. "He does things by instinct. When he walks, he doesn't lift his feet, he feels the floor," says Ellie. "The only thing that's been hard for Erik is getting used to Emma's new toys--she leaves them all over the place." When it comes to posing treacherous obstacles, the Himalayas have nothing on a toddler...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Adventure: A Couple Of High Climbers | 6/18/2001 | See Source »

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