Word: mavens
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...When the current downturn ends, though, the $14 billion-a-year image maven faces a much more serious threat on the digital horizon. As prices for digital cameras continue to fall, consumers will abandon film in greater numbers. That means Kodak's high-margin film franchise, which brings in about a third of the company's profits, will bear the brunt of the switch. So even though Kodak has lost some market share over the past few years in a brutal price war launched by Japanese rival Fuji, it still captures a commanding 65% of a sunset business...
Although the council technically has a press secretary, the publicity maven should do more than just answer the random question from a Crimson reporter. Bringing interesting stories and angles to the attention of a newspaper can often end up meaning more coverage for the group...
What’s more, the council should form an additional committee for publicity to be chaired by this PR maven. First-year representatives should be required to serve on the publicity committee before being assigned to one of the council’s other activities or initiatives-focused committees. Requiring first-years to serve on the committee not only ensures a certain number of bodies to make postering runs and the such, but it also gives those first-years a chance to cut their teeth on council business and impress the higher-ups. That is to say, there?...
When the current downturn ends, though, the $14 billion-a-year image maven faces a much more serious threat on the digital horizon. As prices for digital cameras continue to fall, consumers will abandon film in greater numbers. That means Kodak's high-margin film franchise, which brings in about a third of the company's profits, will bear the brunt of the switch. So even though Kodak has lost some market share over the past few years in a brutal price war launched by Japanese rival Fuji, it still captures a commanding 65% of a sunset business...
...present standoff between the United States and China over the downed spy plane is all about lexical boundaries - which a-words ("apology") are taboo, which r-words ("regret") are insufficient, which s-words ("sorry") are being broached. It's no accident that former Nixon speechwriter and foreign-policy maven William Safire is now a usage columnist for the New York Times...