Word: metropolitanism
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...stature in the fine arts world has been solidified by the inclusion of her work in various collections throughout the United States in addition to the opening of a current, highly acclaimed show in upstate New York. Her work is now in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Whitney in New York as well as the Detroit Institute of Art. Recently, she was commissioned to create a work for the Microsoft Corporation as well—a large piece that now stands in one of the company’s courtyards and is lit by artificial...
...first in a string of special relationships with retailers that has given him unmatched access to middle-class American households and has impressed industry watchers. "It's quite unusual to have captured them to the extent that he has," says Donna Warner, veteran editor of urban-style bible Metropolitan Home. These relationships come partly from connections Gold made during his stint as a buyer: when Pottery Barn decided to start carrying furniture, a friend there made sure its buyers knew about Gold and vice versa. He has also consistently backed the right horses, judging from the start which stores could...
...recent inquiry by London's Metropolitan Police revealed that of all the cell phones stolen in London, three out of four IMEIs are never heard from again. Does this mean that most of those numbers are hacked and altered, or that 75% of London handsets are winding up in dumpsters or on river beds...
China's $20 billion-a-year life-insurance market won't be smaller than South Korea's, at $35 billion, for long. Metropolitan Life, New York Life and the American International Group all run educational programs that will help train a generation of agents. "People don't wake up in the morning and say, 'I've got to run out to buy a life-insurance policy,'" says William Toppeta, president of Met Life International. "Somebody must make the case...
...more stressed than the stomachs of gastronomically challenged visitors will be the state of the nation's toilets. Fortunately, the South Koreans are more than prepared. If you find your World Cup toilet in Seoul is less than world class, don't hesitate to call Loo 911. Seoul Metropolitan Government's Toilet Improvement Task Force promises to swirl into action, descending upon the offending facility. Once the porcelain gleams again, they will hand a yellow card to the toilet's manager promising a second round of inspections. Seoul's commode cops have done 12,000 inspections and issued more than...