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...movies' Johnny Carson. Surely no one devoted as much intelligent energy as Lemmon did to chic, Hollywood-style humor in its mature years. Out of his mouth came acerb insights fashioned by Billy Wilder (seven films), Blake Edwards (six) and Neil Simon (four). The list includes The Apartment, Operation Mad Ball, the Odd Couple--and the all-time funniest farce, Some Like It Hot, in which he and Tony Curtis dress as women and Lemmon falls into character a little too deeply. That was Jack all over: the man whose all-too-agreeable nature led him to wonder...
...corner of hip boulevards Meiji and Omotesando seem to be taking their cultural cues from myriad psychedelic compass points: Ibiza, Goa, San Francisco. Hopping trains into the city from all over Japan, these teens and twentysomethings flock for the express purpose of flaunting some of the wackiest Mad Hatter outfits east of Fillmore West. They get gussied up in sidewalk dragging, patchwork skirts under military jackets, or blood red, cropped kimonos paired with platforms and body piercings. The kids tote tom-toms, shopping bags, vinyl purses shaped like lips. The kids don't know it, but many of their looks...
...elixir of youth. That is, find an unsung young designer to create a new line of products, or conceive of a new store that will catch the eye of the fashion press and stylists. Encourage those stylists to nudge some free stuff toward a celebrity or two. Put some mad money into the hands of coltish ad folks, and create unfathomable but cool ad campaigns. Widen the product range--but gently, so as not to scare people. Get rid of all the dowdier stores and licensees. And presto! Your dog of a luxury label just became desirable to three times...
...last year. A person who has been fired will pass through many of the same stages as those who are divorcing or who have just found out they have a terminal illness: deny the reality, hide out, feel betrayed by fate. Consequently, many people stall like mad rather than get on with life, making crazy decisions they will later regret. As the CEO of Challenger, Gray & Christmas, a 39-year-old outplacement firm that has helped thousands of people find work after a layoff, let me tell you how most people respond--and what they need to do to find...
Such airline idiocies make everyone mad--but Freni is one person who's actually doing something about it. A day after making his observations, Freni, director of aviation operations for the Massachusetts Port Authority, shoots off a detailed report to the offending carrier. "Airlines have been responsive to our reports before," says a grimacing Freni. "They'll make some changes...